Re: recentf.el and listing recently visited files

[Sandip Chitale]

Javier,

I had hacked the recentf.el so that it takes into account
the file-name-history variable. Thus all files opened using
the find-file (and it's variants) also get added to the
recent files list.

My changes were top of the following version of recentf.el :

;; Author: David Ponce <david@dponce.com>
;; Created: July 19 1999
;; Keywords: customization

Here are the changed defuns:

(defun recentf-add-file (filename)
  "Add or move FILENAME at the beginning of `recentf-list'.
Does nothing if FILENAME matches one of the `recentf-exclude' regexps."
  (let ((filename (expand-file-name filename)))
    (when (recentf-include-p filename)
      (setq recentf-list (cons filename (delete filename recentf-list)))
      (setq file-name-history (cons filename (delete filename 
file-name-history)))
      (setq recentf-update-menu-p t))))
:
:
(defun recentf-find-file (filename)
  "Edit file FILENAME using `find-file'.
If FILENAME is not readable it is removed from `recentf-list'."
  (if (file-readable-p filename)
      (progn
        (find-file filename)
        (setq file-name-history (cons filename file-name-history))
        )
    (progn
      (message "File `%s' not found." filename)
      (setq recentf-list (delete filename recentf-list))
      (setq recentf-update-menu-p t))))
:
:
(defun recentf-add-file (filename)
  "Add or move FILENAME at the beginning of `recentf-list'.
Does nothing if FILENAME matches one of the `recentf-exclude' regexps."
  (let ((filename (expand-file-name filename)))
    (when (recentf-include-p filename)
      (setq recentf-list (cons filename (delete filename recentf-list)))
      (setq file-name-history (cons filename (delete filename 
file-name-history)))
      (setq recentf-update-menu-p t))))

HTH,
sandip

"Javier Oviedo" <email_joviedo@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:<b4ta0u$t55$1@tilde.itg.ti.com>...
> Hello all:
> 
> I really like recentf.el and use it quite frequently. I do however have a
> few questions:
> 1. Would it be possible to make entries timeout after some period of time?
> After a few days or something like that, the list would drop files.
> 
> 2. How does the recentf-list update? Is it possible to have recentf-list
> update whenever a new file is opened regardless of which emacs window it is
> opened in?
> 
> Example: I have one emacs window open. I then open a second emacs window for
> some temporary work. I would like the recentf-list to update and show the
> file(from second window) in the original window list. Is this possible?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks In Advance.