Klaus, Yes, I meant instances...thanks for the correction. I think that I will follow your advice. "Klaus Berndl" wrote in message news:ud6kqrlos.fsf@sdm.de... > On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Javier Oviedo wrote: > > > 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. > > Yes, recentf.el works not well in scenarios where more than one Emacs-instance > is opened - in such a scenario always that one "wins" (means overwrites the > recentf-file) which is closed at last. > > recentf.el is designed to work well with one emacs-instance - IMHO a scenario > which you should follow. IMHO there are not really many reasons why to use > more than one Emacs instance because you can use several frames and for > command-line using you can use gnuclient etc.... > > To handle a recent-file-list correct with more than one independent > Emacs-instances could be done as follows: > After every new file opening this must be written down to the file and every > emacs-instance has to react to this event - could be done maybe with the > mechanisms of auto-revert-mode....in general it seems to so easy... > > BTW: I suppose that you meant in your first posting not "Emacs windows" but > "Emacs instances", right?! > > Klaus > > > 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. > > -- > Klaus Berndl mailto: klaus.berndl@sdm.de > sd&m AG http://www.sdm.de > software design & management > Thomas-Dehler-Str. 27, 81737 München, Germany > Tel +49 89 63812-392, Fax -220