persistent file history

persistent file history

[Miles Bader]

I have the following entry in my `recentf-mode-hook':

   (lambda ()
     (dolist (f (reverse recentf-list))
       (add-to-list 'file-name-history f)))

So if recentf-mode is turned on, the history for find-file persists
across emacs sessions; I find this _very_ useful.

Does this seem like a good idea to add as default behavior somehow?

[Perhaps it would be better to (1) just append recentf-list to the _end_
of file-name-history, and (2) keep track of whether this has been done
before, and not do it more than once; then this should work properly
if recentf-mode is turned on in the middle of a session.]

-Miles
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persistent file history

[Markus Rost]

   I have the following entry in my `recentf-mode-hook':

      (lambda ()
	(dolist (f (reverse recentf-list))
	  (add-to-list 'file-name-history f)))

I like this very much.  What about using abbreviate-file-name in that
function?  I mean here something like:

 (lambda nil
   (dolist
       (f
	(reverse recentf-list))
     (add-to-list 'file-name-history
		  (abbreviate-file-name f)))))

Since we are about values of history variables:  What about setting
the default value of yes-or-no-p-history as follows:

(setq yes-or-no-p-history (list "yes" "no"))