Nevermind I ended up using,

(if (file-readable-p recentf-save-file)
   (if (> (length recentf-list) 0)
       (if (< (length command-line-args) 2)
      (setq initial-buffer-choice (car (recentf-elements 1))))))

If there is a better way then this let me know. Not sure if
command-line-args contains other commands sometimes besides files passed in
as most switches seem to be removed from my testing.

Cheers

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 5:02 PM, Jeffrey Spencer <jeffspencerd@gmail.com>wrote:

> How do you check if emacs is opening from clicking a file or passing in a
> file argument in the terminal. I had set the function above but if I double
> click a file or pass in a file on the terminal I'd prefer this to not be
> activated. Instead the file clicked to be shown and to not set the
> initial-buffer-choice. I figured there is a variable for the file passed in
> but couldn't figure it out.
>
> thanks
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:44 PM, Alp Aker <alptekin.aker@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > I copied this in my .emacs file so that the recent file gets opened on
>> startup:
>> >
>> > (recentf-mode 1)
>> > (if (file-readable-p recentf-save-file)
>> >    (if (> (length recentf-list) 0)
>> >       (find-file (car (recentf-elements 1)))))
>> >
>> > It seems to work – when I start emacs I see my last opened file.
>> > But then after a second, it switches the buffer back to the standard
>> emacs start-screen.
>>
>> Setting `initial-buffer-choice' in your .emacs might be what you want.
>>
>>
>