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From: Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de>
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Subject: Re: caching recent files
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:06:49 +0200
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"Rustom Mody" <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:

> recentf [...] file cache is not persistent -- so not clear what its
> use is.

It is supposed to be persistent.  If `recentf-mode' is enabled, the list
will be written to `recentf-save-file' when emacs exits.

> So what is the recommended way of maintaining a readily available list
> of files and dirs?

Do you mean directories you visited via dired, or all directories in
which you've opened files?


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher