recentf: abbreviate paths? tilde for home folder?

recentf: abbreviate paths? tilde for home folder?

[David Reitter]

How can I get recentf to show abbreviated paths in the "Open Recent"  
menu?
That is, show paths just like in buffer names, where path names are  
shown only where necessary in order to distinguish between existing  
buffers.
At least, I'd like to be able to replace my home folder with a tilde  
where possible.

thanks. 

Re: recentf: abbreviate paths? tilde for home folder?

[Reiner Steib]

On Mon, Aug 01 2005, David Reitter wrote:

> How can I get recentf to show abbreviated paths in the "Open Recent"
> menu?  That is, show paths just like in buffer names, where path
> names are shown only where necessary in order to distinguish between
> existing buffers.

[ In Emacs 22 (CVS)...]

(setq recentf-menu-filter 'recentf-show-basenames) or
`M-x customize-variable RET recentf-menu-filter RET'

> At least, I'd like to be able to replace my home folder with a tilde  where
> possible.

(defun rs-recentf-filename-handler (name)
  (replace-regexp-in-string (concat "\\`" (expand-file-name "~")) "~" name))
(setq recentf-filename-handler 'rs-recentf-filename-handler)

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Re: recentf: abbreviate paths? tilde for home folder?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Reiner Steib wrote:
 > On Mon, Aug 01 2005, David Reitter wrote:
 >>At least, I'd like to be able to replace my home folder with a tilde 
  where
 >>possible.
 >
 > (defun rs-recentf-filename-handler (name)
 >   (replace-regexp-in-string (concat "\\`" (expand-file-name "~")) "~" 
name))
 > (setq recentf-filename-handler 'rs-recentf-filename-handler)

Why not just (setq recentf-filename-handler 'abbreviate-file-name)

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

Re: recentf: abbreviate paths? tilde for home folder?

[Reiner Steib]

On Tue, Aug 02 2005, Kevin Rodgers wrote:

> Reiner Steib wrote:
[...]
>  > (defun rs-recentf-filename-handler (name)
>  >   (replace-regexp-in-string (concat "\\`" (expand-file-name "~")) "~"
>      name))
>  > (setq recentf-filename-handler 'rs-recentf-filename-handler)
>
> Why not just (setq recentf-filename-handler 'abbreviate-file-name)

Thanks for pointing this out.  I think `abbreviate-file-name' should
be added as a choice in the defcustom of `recentf-filename-handler'.

[ BTW: Emacs 21 doesn't offer `recentf-filename-handler' so it might
  not be useful for David. ]

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Re: recentf: abbreviate paths? tilde for home folder?

[David Reitter]

Reiner, Kevin:

(setq recentf-menu-filter 'recentf-show-basenames  )

is exactly what I wanted, thanks very much.

Now, I've changed that function to produce the same syntax as used  
for buffer names (or in the buffers menu - don't know which one it  
is) with the "--" instead of showing the path in parenthesis. I  
wanted to use uniquify to produce exactly the same behavior (i.e.  
abbreviated paths where necessary), but it looks like uniquify only  
works with buffer names and not simply with an arbitrary list of path  
names :-(

Thanks again
David