Recentf by default? [was: v. 29.1.1 | Missing syntax colouring option\

Recentf by default? [was: v. 29.1.1 | Missing syntax colouring option\

[Drew Adams]

> >> the software lacks the option *Open a recent file*.
> > Are you sure?
> >  M-x recentf-mode
> >  M-x recentf-open
> 
> Actually that maybe isn't a bad idea to have by default in the
> GUI Emacs, a menu with recent files just as in the software
> the OP is used to, and in the same place, because
> 
> 1) it is not a bad feature, and
> 2) if newcomers get frustrated by that first thing that
>    happens, maybe they don't come back a second (actually
>    third) time.

`M-x report-emacs-bug', for enhancement requests.

Presumably your request is that `recentf-mode' be
turned ON by default.  That puts submenu `Open
Recent' on the `File' menu.

But should users have to customize Emacs to turn
`recentf-mode' OFF, if they don't want it on?
Dunno.
___

It might be good to have the menu _available_ by
default (it's not, now), but have the mode OFF
by default.

And the `Open Recent' menu, which offers more
than just opening a recent file anyway, should
have an item for turning the mode on/off.

IOW, by default: have recentf stuff on the File
menu, but don't turn the mode on.  And let you
turn the mode on/off (remembering or not) using
the menu.  That would aid discovery, and make
the menu more useful.

And maybe, since it isn't just about opening a
file, the menu should be called something like
`Recent File'.