From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.ciao.gmane.io!not-for-mail From: Pieter van Oostrum Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#39189: 26.2; recentf should save the list periodically Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:49:04 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="ciao.gmane.io:159.69.161.202"; logging-data="37411"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.60 (darwin) Cc: 39189@debbugs.gnu.org To: ndame Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 19 22:50:14 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1itIST-0009gT-79 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:50:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53836 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1itISS-0003H7-7B for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; 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19 Jan 2020 21:49:05 -0000 Original-Received: from static-145.132.212.31.ip.telfort.nl (HELO cochabamba.vanoostrum.org) (145.132.212.31) by server24.hosting2go.nl with SMTP; 19 Jan 2020 21:49:05 -0000 Received-SPF: unknown (server24.hosting2go.nl: domain at 83.137.194.9 does not designate permitted sender hosts) Original-Received: from cochabamba.vanoostrum.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by cochabamba.vanoostrum.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE0FA74B0A1; Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:49:04 +0100 (CET) X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: bug#39189: 26.2; recentf should save the list periodically In-Reply-To: (ndame's message of "Sun, 19 Jan 2020 10:16:12 +0000 (GMT)") X-Barracuda-Connect: server24.hosting2go.nl[83.137.194.11] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1579470545 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 X-Barracuda-URL: https://83.137.198.202:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at hosting2go.nl X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 1103 X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=4.5 tests=BSF_SC0_MISMATCH_TO B-X-Hosting2GO-Smarthost: Clean X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.79447 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.00 BSF_SC0_MISMATCH_TO Envelope rcpt doesn't match header 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:174889 Archived-At: ndame writes: > Currently, recentf saves the recentf list only when emacs exits. Sometimes, > when emacs crashes I lose recently opened files from the list, because > the list is not saved periodically. > > Emacs should save the list every 10 minutes or so when the user is idle, so > the recentf list is preserved even if there is a crash. > I have the following code in my ~/.emacs.d/init.el: (defun delayed-recentf-save-list () "Save recent files list when Emacs is idle." (run-with-idle-timer 10 nil 'repeat-recentf-save-list)) (defun repeat-recentf-save-list () "Save recent files list when it was changed and Emacs is idle." (unless (equal recentf-saved-list recentf-list) (recentf-save-list) (setq recentf-saved-list recentf-list)) (run-at-time 120 nil 'delayed-recentf-save-list)) (delayed-recentf-save-list) It saves periodically (every 2 minutes), but only when the list has changed, and it waits until Emacs is idle for 10 seconds. -- Pieter van Oostrum www: http://pieter.vanoostrum.org/ PGP key: [8DAE142BE17999C4]