From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Moving from Ido to Icicles Date: Sat, 01 Nov 2014 21:07:49 +0000 Message-ID: <87a94a634q.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: <20141101074804.1fde2b3a@zothique> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1414876112 32059 80.91.229.3 (1 Nov 2014 21:08:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 21:08:32 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 01 22:08:23 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XkfuJ-0003wB-3A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 22:08:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53795 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XkfuI-00085g-KE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:08:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41972) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xkfty-00083a-Sx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:08:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xkftr-0008AV-Tw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:08:02 -0400 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp02.blacknight.com ([81.17.249.8]:43025) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xkftr-0008AP-O7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 01 Nov 2014 17:07:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail05.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.26]) by outbound-smtp02.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA55999EAE for ; Sat, 1 Nov 2014 21:05:14 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: (qmail 12764 invoked from network); 1 Nov 2014 21:07:54 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO RTLaptop) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[109.78.163.160]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 1 Nov 2014 21:07:54 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20141101074804.1fde2b3a@zothique> (message from Dale Snell on Sat, 1 Nov 2014 07:48:04 -0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 81.17.249.8 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:100681 Archived-At: Dale Snell writes: > I can't speak for Icicles, I've never used it. Besides, that's Drew's > job. :-) However, you might want to look into "recentf", which is a > built-in package. It keeps a list of the most recently opened > files. The value of defaults to sixteen, as I recall, but it > can be changed. When you access the list (from the menu bar or from C-x > C-r) it presents you with that list. You can then select the file > you want to open. I've found it quite handy. There's more than one way to skin a cat. I tend to use bookmarks with short names, e.g. "TR", "L", etc. for the files I access most often. That's not practical for something like a programming project. For cases like that you can bookmark the dired listing of the directory. In that case a good way to access what you want is to sort the dired buffer by date. I use Ido too, but I use bookmarks much more. BR, Robert Thorpe