From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Javier Oviedo" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: recentf.el and listing recently visited files Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:26:00 -0500 Organization: Texas Instruments Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1047915299 19596 80.91.224.249 (17 Mar 2003 15:34:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 15:34:59 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Mar 17 16:34:54 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18uwdZ-00055G-00 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:34:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18uwe1-0006YZ-00 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:35:21 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!nntp1.hal-pc.org!attdl1!ip.att.net!news.ti.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 105 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: gt64v7121.telogy.design.ti.com Original-X-Trace: tilde.itg.ti.com 1047914677 14529 158.218.105.183 (17 Mar 2003 15:24:37 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.ti.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 17 Mar 2003 15:24:37 GMT X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:111154 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:7654 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:7654 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. Do you functions handle this case? Thanks for your help. "Sandip Chitale" 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 > ;; 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" wrote in message news:... > > 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.