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replace splash screen with list of recentf
There's also a package on MELPA for this now: dashboard: https://github.com/rakanalh/emacs-dashboard. The package allows you to have a splash screen as in the image below:
Here's the use-package ...
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How to clear recent files list?
How do I remove the files that do not exist from recent files list?
M-xrecentf-cleanupRET
recentf-cleanup is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
‘recentf.el’.
(recentf-cleanup)
Cleanup the ...
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Prevent Emacs from messaging when it writes recentf
One solution for that narrow case is to dynamically set save-silently for that invocation specific invocation. Try:
(run-at-time nil (* 5 60)
(lambda ()
(let ((save-...
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How show recent files?
install counsel (https://oremacs.com/2015/04/09/counsel-completion/)
Run M-x counsel-recentf
Press C-c C-o to export the file list to a buffer
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Remove ELPA files from the recentf list
on my side, I just ignored elpa folder by adding that:
(add-to-list 'recentf-exclude (format "%s/\\.emacs\\.d/elpa/.*" (getenv "HOME")))
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An ivy function for recently opened files?
You're looking for counsel-recentf, which comes with counsel.
Just M-x counsel-recentf or bind it to any keys you'd like and that's all you're looking for.
Loosely speaking Ivy is the completion ...
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spacemacs - How do I open from the recent file list?
To go to the recent files list, you can press r in the *spacemacs* buffer. Then you can use j or k (if you've got vim-style editing) to navigate up and down the list. Press <RET> to open a file.
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distinguish ido/ivy's virtual-buffers with equal names using directory?
According to https://github.com/abo-abo/swiper/issues/648, it's simply
(setq ivy-virtual-abbreviate 'full)
It's not quite as nice as opened buffers (where only the differing part is shown), but ...
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How to remove files from recentf / ivy-virtual-buffers?
Ivy already has an action bound to "k" for ivy-switch-buffer, but it just calls kill-buffer so it does not work on virtual buffers.
Based on what ido is doing, here's some code to replace the ...
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How to suppress `Wrote /home/user/.emacs.d/recentf` message in minibuffer
This should do it.
(defun no-msg (function)
"Prevent FUNCTION from showing `Wrote <FILE>' messages.
\(The messages are still logged to `*Messages*'.)"
(let ((inhibit-message t))
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temporarily disable recentf without writing the list to disk?
You can let-bind find-file-hook to prevent Recentf from recording the file, e.g.,
(let ((find-file-hook (remq 'recentf-track-opened-file find-file-hook)))
(find-file "test.txt"))
Then to bypass ...
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Where are recentf entries stored? How can I import them into another emacs installation?
To determine where the recentf file is, you can query the variable recentf-save-file. By default, that is ~/.emacs.d/recentf. In spacemacs that is ~/.emacs.d/.cache/recentf.
You can copy this file ...
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How to open all the opened files from a previous session?
I am not sure if this is what you are looking for and if it works in spacemacs. I am using standard emacs and desktop-save-mode.
It is configurable with several options. I am using currntly this:
(...
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How show recent files?
Your question is a duplicate of that one. Thanks to that reference to a blog entry, I included
(require 'recentf)
(recentf-mode 1)
(setq recentf-max-menu-items 25)
(global-set-key "\C-x\ \C-r" '...
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Emacs can't save history of recent visited files opened in current session before shutdown
I know this thread is old, but i came across the same problem in MS Windows (i.e. Windows does know how to exit Emacs daemon gracefully). I solved this for me by hooking recentf-save-list into ...
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replace splash screen with list of recentf
Here's a package that shows recentf-open-files when starting Emacs without a file to open:
https://github.com/zonuexe/init-open-recentf.el
Configuration with use-package:
(recentf-mode 1)
(setq ...
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How change the storage location of recentf file?
From the link (https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RecentFiles):
;; use a different set of recent files
(setq recentf-save-file (recentf-expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/.recentf"))
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Emacs can't save history of recent visited files opened in current session before shutdown
Another solution is to save the list of recentf files every time that you visit a new file. The below lined added to the init file will do the job:
(add-hook 'find-file-hook 'recentf-save-list)
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Keep point position between re-opening files with recentf/ido
Seems that I used deprecated way for activating minor mode (this works across Emacs 21-24):
(setq-default save-place t)
(require 'saveplace)
Today way to activate this minor mode is:
(save-place-...
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Getting Rid of Constant "Recentf Changed On Disk" Error
Removing the whole emacs cache fixed the issue:
rm -rf ~/.emacs.d/.cache/
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How to stop ivy-switch-buffer from trying to connect
Ok, I found this file :
# cat ~/.emacs.d/tramp
;; -*- emacs-lisp -*- <21/02/05 12:48:54 /home/xxxxxx/.emacs.d/tramp>
;; Tramp connection history. Don't change this file.
;; You can delete it, ...
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Remove zombie buffers from recentf
recentf-cleanup shouldn't remove all your history. According to the documentation (C-h f recentf-cleanup RET):
recentf-cleanup is an interactive compiled Lisp function in
‘recentf.el’.
(recentf-...
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Hiding certain directories in the recentf list
Evaluate :
(add-to-list 'recentf-exclude "/private/var/folders/.*")
To activate it permanently, save it in your init file (.emacs or .emacs.d/init.el).
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How to see all recent directories?
Dired+ just uses your recentf-list of files and directories. It is library recentf.el that controls what file and dir names to record there.
For that, library recentf.el provides several user options, ...
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init-open-recentf with use-package
Your snippet isn't working because recentf won't load until you press the C-x C-r key combination, which in turn implies init-open-recentf will not be loaded. You can read more about lazy loading with ...
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change starting buffer from *scratch* to recentf-open-files
Try adding
(recentf-mode)
(setq initial-buffer-choice #'recentf-open-files)
at the end of your init file. If you have a customization file, you probably want to delete any initial-buffer-choice entry ...
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Dired+: diredp-dired-recent-dirs not working correctly
See the documentation:
A directory is recent if any of its files is recent.
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Recent Files on Removable Media (There's no such thing)
Customize recentf-keep and set it to nil if you don't want any checking. C-h v recentf-keep says:
recentf-keep is a variable defined in ‘recentf.el’.
Its value is (recentf-keep-default-predicate)
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Unable to disable nor shrink recentf-mode
There are several variables defined in recentf.el that you can use to control what gets saved in the recentf list. And you can use command recentf-cleanup to cull entries that don't satisfy those ...
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Open recent directories like Ido opens files
I am open to any other suggestion of workflow to reach a recent (or any) directory quickly.
Dired+ lets you open a Dired buffer that shows recently used directories (commands diredp-dired-recent-dirs ...
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