From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37772: 26.3; Doc of recentf, particularly `recentf-list' Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:48:05 +0200 Message-ID: <877e54m6je.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="110080"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 37772@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 17 04:49:13 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iKvqi-000STZ-Sj for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:49:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57668 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iKvqg-0004Wu-QC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:49:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57831) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iKvqZ-0004Wa-QV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:49:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iKvqY-0006hZ-MF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:49:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:38042) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iKvqY-0006hT-JI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:49:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKvqY-0007Nh-Fc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:49:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 02:49:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 37772 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 37772-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B37772.157128049128291 (code B ref 37772); Thu, 17 Oct 2019 02:49:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 37772) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Oct 2019 02:48:11 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46860 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKvpj-0007MF-Ib for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:48:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.231.51] (port=43204 helo=quimby.gnus.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iKvph-0007M5-Bd for 37772@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 22:48:09 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=marnie) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iKvpd-0004Mv-HT; Thu, 17 Oct 2019 04:48:08 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:45:48 -0700 (PDT)") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:169518 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > Many users use recentf. Likewise, libraries. Nowhere is it said what > order the files are listed in, i.e., the order of the elements of > `recentf-list'. The answer is apparently that, by default at least, a > file is pushed to the front of the list when it is "opened" or written. > > A more exact answer is that `recentf-list' is in reverse chronological > order of calls to `recentf-track-opened-file'. And by default that > function is added to these hooks: `find-file-hook' and > `write-file-functions'. I think that seems pretty self-evident -- the doc strings talk about "most recent" etc, so what other ordering could be meant? So I don't see anything to fix here and I'm closing this bug report. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no