RE: [External] : bmenu for recentf (or abstracting-away bmenu)

[Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>]

> I want to have a buffer-menu for recent files,
> in a way similar to bookmarks.

Not sure just what you mean by a buffer menu for
recent files, similar to bookmarks.

But if you use Dired+ then you have these commands,
which give you Dired listings of recent files and
directories: `diredp-dired-recent-files' and
`diredp-dired-recent-dirs'.

You can optionally add other files/dirs to such a
listing, and optionally exclude files/dirs from it.
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  C-x D R runs the command diredp-dired-recent-files,
  which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
  'dired+.el'.

  It is bound to menu-bar subdir diredp-dired-recent-files, C-x D R.

  (diredp-dired-recent-files BUFFER &optional ARG)

  Open Dired in BUFFER, showing recently visited files and directories.
  You are prompted for BUFFER (default: `Recently Visited Files').

  With a numeric prefix arg you can enter names of recent files to
  include or exclude.

  No prefix arg or a plain prefix arg (`C-u', `C-u C-u', etc.) means
  list all of the recently used files.

  With a prefix arg:
  * If 0, `-', or plain (`C-u') then you are prompted for the `ls'
    switches to use.
  * If not plain (`C-u') then:
    * If >= 0 then the files to include are read, one by one.
    * If  < 0 then the files to exclude are read, one by one.

  When entering files to include or exclude, use `C-g' to end.

  The file listing is sorted by option
  `diredp-default-sort-arbitrary-function', if non-nil.  If nil (the
  default) then the listing is in reverse chronological order of opening
  or writing files you access.

  Use `g' to revert the buffer, as usual.  If you use it without a
  prefix arg then the same files are relisted.  A prefix arg is handled
  as for `C-x D R itself.

  When called from Lisp, ARG corresponds to the raw prefix arg.
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  C-x D r runs the command diredp-dired-recent-dirs,
  which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
  'dired+.el'.

  It is bound to menu-bar subdir diredp-dired-recent-dirs, C-x D r.

  (diredp-dired-recent-dirs BUFFER &optional ARG)

  Open Dired in BUFFER, showing recently visited directories.
  Like `diredp-dired-recent-files', but limited to recent directories.
  A directory is recent if any of its files is recent.
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You can sort such a listing in various ways, but you
need to use `C-M-L' (aka `C-M-S-l') to do so - you can't
use the ordinary Dired sort commands, such as `s'.

You're prompted for the sort order for such buffers:

* Last-access order, most recent first (default)
* Last-access order, least recent first
* A-Z (alphabetical), by last part of file/dir name
* A-Z, by full file/dir name
* Z-A, by last part of name
* Z-A, by full name

The default sort order is determined by option
`diredp-default-sort-arbitrary-function'.  It
defaults to most recent first.
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https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DiredPlus

https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/dired%2b.el