Re: default value of file-name-history

[Masatake YAMATO <jet@gyve.org>]

> > How do you think initialize file-name-history with the 
> > value of `recentf-list'? So you can do C-x C-f M-p M-p M-p...
> > just after launching emacs.
> 
> Please, not unless the user already has recentf-mode turned on!

How about this one?

Masatake YAMATO

Index: lisp/recentf.el
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/lisp/recentf.el,v
retrieving revision 1.27
diff -u -r1.27 recentf.el
--- lisp/recentf.el	15 Sep 2003 16:24:35 -0000	1.27
+++ lisp/recentf.el	20 Sep 2003 05:39:28 -0000
@@ -251,6 +251,13 @@
 If it returns nil, the filename is left unchanged."
   :group 'recentf
   :type 'function)
+
+(defcustom recentf-install-to-file-name-history t
+  "Use the `recentf-list' as the initial value of `file-name-history' or not.
+If non-nil and `file-name-history' is empty, use `recentf-list' as its initial.
+Else do nothing."
+  :group 'recentf
+  :type  'boolean)
 \f
 ;;; Utilities
 ;;
@@ -1161,6 +1168,14 @@
     (setq recentf-list (nreverse newlist))
     (message "Cleaning up the recentf list...done")))
 
+(defun recentf-install-to-file-name-history ()
+  "Use the value of `recentf-list' as the initial value for `file-name-history'.
+If `file-name-history' is not empty, do nothing."
+  (when (= 0 (length file-name-history))
+    (setq file-name-history (mapcar 
+			     'abbreviate-file-name
+			     recentf-list))))
+
 ;;;###autoload
 (define-minor-mode recentf-mode
   "Toggle recentf mode.
@@ -1173,7 +1188,9 @@
   :group 'recentf
   (unless (and recentf-mode (recentf-enabled-p))
     (if recentf-mode
-        (recentf-load-list)
+        (progn (recentf-load-list)
+	       (if recentf-install-to-file-name-history
+		   (recentf-install-to-file-name-history)))
       (recentf-save-list))
     (recentf-auto-cleanup)
     (recentf-clear-data)