Re: recentf.el and listing recently visited files

[Javier Oviedo]

Sandip,

Thanks for your reply. I tried your functions but they don't seem handle the
cases that I want covered.

What I have noticed is that when I close emacs, the recentf-list
updates....the list gets written. I noticed a undesirable behavior with
this. Let say that I have two emacs session open. In one I open foo.c and in
the other I open bar.c (both happen to be in the same directory). When I
close the session with foo.c I then see foo.c added to the recentf-list. I
then close the second session with bar.c and I see bar.c written to the list
but I no longer see foo.c. It seems to have been deleted from the list.

First, I think that once a file is written, it should be saved. Is it
possible to have the list update as soon as any file is opened in any emacs
window? Once the list has updated, any emacs window should be able to now
see the new recently visited file.

Do you functions handle this case?

Thanks for your help.


"Sandip Chitale" <sandipchitale@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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.