From: Klaus Berndl <klaus.berndl@sdm.de>
Subject: Re: recentf.el and listing recently visited files
Date: 17 Mar 2003 17:50:10 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u8yverl8d.fsf@sdm.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ud6kqrlos.fsf@sdm.de
On 17 Mar 2003, Klaus Berndl wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Javier Oviedo wrote:
>
> > Sandip,
> >
> > Thanks for your reply. I tried your functions but they don't seem handle
> > the cases that I want covered.
> >
> > What I have noticed is that when I close emacs, the recentf-list
> > updates....the list gets written. I noticed a undesirable behavior with
> > this. Let say that I have two emacs session open. In one I open foo.c and
> > in the other I open bar.c (both happen to be in the same directory). When
> > I close the session with foo.c I then see foo.c added to the
> > recentf-list. I then close the second session with bar.c and I see bar.c
> > written to the list but I no longer see foo.c. It seems to have been
> > deleted from the list.
> >
> > First, I think that once a file is written, it should be saved. Is it
> > possible to have the list update as soon as any file is opened in any
> > emacs window? Once the list has updated, any emacs window should be able
> > to now see the new recently visited file.
>
> Yes, recentf.el works not well in scenarios where more than one
> Emacs-instance is opened - in such a scenario always that one "wins" (means
> overwrites the recentf-file) which is closed at last.
>
> recentf.el is designed to work well with one emacs-instance - IMHO a
> scenario which you should follow. IMHO there are not really many reasons
> why to use more than one Emacs instance because you can use several frames
> and for command-line using you can use gnuclient etc....
>
> To handle a recent-file-list correct with more than one independent
> Emacs-instances could be done as follows: After every new file opening this
> must be written down to the file and every emacs-instance has to react to
> this event - could be done maybe with the mechanisms of
> auto-revert-mode....in general it seems to so easy...
^^
I meant NOT
>
> BTW: I suppose that you meant in your first posting not "Emacs windows" but
> "Emacs instances", right?!
>
> Klaus
>
> > Do you functions handle this case?
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> >
> > "Sandip Chitale" <sandipchitale@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:b607d812.0303141643.761485a5@posting.google.com...
> > > Javier,
> > >
> > > I had hacked the recentf.el so that it takes into account
> > > the file-name-history variable. Thus all files opened using
> > > the find-file (and it's variants) also get added to the
> > > recent files list.
> > >
> > > My changes were top of the following version of recentf.el :
> > >
> > > ;; Author: David Ponce <david@dponce.com>
> > > ;; Created: July 19 1999
> > > ;; Keywords: customization
> > >
> > > Here are the changed defuns:
> > >
> > > (defun recentf-add-file (filename)
> > > "Add or move FILENAME at the beginning of `recentf-list'.
> > > Does nothing if FILENAME matches one of the `recentf-exclude' regexps."
> > > (let ((filename (expand-file-name filename)))
> > > (when (recentf-include-p filename)
> > > (setq recentf-list (cons filename (delete filename recentf-list)))
> > > (setq file-name-history (cons filename (delete filename
> > file-name-history)))
> > > (setq recentf-update-menu-p t))))
> > > :
> > > :
> > > (defun recentf-find-file (filename)
> > > "Edit file FILENAME using `find-file'.
> > > If FILENAME is not readable it is removed from `recentf-list'."
> > > (if (file-readable-p filename)
> > > (progn
> > > (find-file filename)
> > > (setq file-name-history (cons filename file-name-history))
> > > )
> > > (progn
> > > (message "File `%s' not found." filename)
> > > (setq recentf-list (delete filename recentf-list))
> > > (setq recentf-update-menu-p t))))
> > > :
> > > :
> > > (defun recentf-add-file (filename)
> > > "Add or move FILENAME at the beginning of `recentf-list'.
> > > Does nothing if FILENAME matches one of the `recentf-exclude' regexps."
> > > (let ((filename (expand-file-name filename)))
> > > (when (recentf-include-p filename)
> > > (setq recentf-list (cons filename (delete filename recentf-list)))
> > > (setq file-name-history (cons filename (delete filename
> > file-name-history)))
> > > (setq recentf-update-menu-p t))))
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > sandip
> > >
> > > "Javier Oviedo" <email_joviedo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:<b4ta0u$t55$1@tilde.itg.ti.com>...
> > > > Hello all:
> > > >
> > > > I really like recentf.el and use it quite frequently. I do however
> > > > have
> > a
> > > > few questions:
> > > > 1. Would it be possible to make entries timeout after some period of
> > time?
> > > > After a few days or something like that, the list would drop files.
> > > >
> > > > 2. How does the recentf-list update? Is it possible to have
> > > > recentf-list
> > > > update whenever a new file is opened regardless of which emacs window it
> > is
> > > > opened in?
> > > >
> > > > Example: I have one emacs window open. I then open a second emacs
> > > > window
> > for
> > > > some temporary work. I would like the recentf-list to update and show
> > the
> > > > file(from second window) in the original window list. Is this
> > > > possible?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thanks In Advance.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-03-17 16:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-03-14 19:21 recentf.el and listing recently visited files Javier Oviedo
2003-03-15 0:43 ` Sandip Chitale
2003-03-17 15:26 ` Javier Oviedo
2003-03-17 16:40 ` Klaus Berndl
2003-03-17 16:50 ` Klaus Berndl [this message]
2003-03-17 17:52 ` Javier Oviedo
2003-03-17 20:25 ` Sandip Chitale
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2003-03-16 12:43 Hans Larsen
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