default value of file-name-history

[Masatake YAMATO <jet@gyve.org>]

How do you think initialize file-name-history with the 
value of `recentf-list'? So you can do C-x C-f M-p M-p M-p...
just after launching emacs.

(M-x describe-variable recentf-list: "List of recently opened files.")

Masatake YAMATO

Index: lisp/simple.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/simple.el,v
retrieving revision 1.620
diff -u -r1.620 simple.el
--- lisp/simple.el	8 Sep 2003 08:01:41 -0000	1.620
+++ lisp/simple.el	19 Sep 2003 10:09:24 -0000
@@ -900,10 +900,23 @@
 	   elt))
 	(goto-char (or minibuffer-temporary-goal-position (point-max))))))
 
+(defvar previous-history-element-used-recentf nil)
 (defun previous-history-element (n)
   "Inserts the previous element of the minibuffer history into the minibuffer."
   (interactive "p")
-  (next-history-element (- n)))
+  (let (result)
+  (unwind-protect
+      (setq result (next-history-element (- n)))
+    (if (and (= 0 (length (symbol-value minibuffer-history-variable)))
+	     (eq minibuffer-history-variable 'file-name-history)
+	     (not previous-history-element-used-recentf))
+	(progn (require 'recentf)
+	       (recentf-load-list) 
+	       (setq previous-history-element-used-recentf t
+		     file-name-history (mapcar 
+					'abbreviate-file-name
+					recentf-list))))
+    result)))
 
 (defun next-complete-history-element (n)
   "Get next history element which completes the minibuffer before the point.