Re: caching recent files

[Rustom Mody]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Nikolaj Schumacher <me@nschum.de> wrote:
> "Rustom Mody" <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> recentf [...] file cache is not persistent -- so not clear what its
>> use is.
>
> It is supposed to be persistent.  If `recentf-mode' is enabled, the list
> will be written to `recentf-save-file' when emacs exits.
Emacs info -> files -> file name cache (after all the functions)

The file name cache is not persistent: it is kept and maintained
only for the duration of the Emacs session.  You can view the contents
of the cache with the `file-cache-display' command.

>
>> So what is the recommended way of maintaining a readily available list
>> of files and dirs?
>
> Do you mean directories you visited via dired, or all directories in
> which you've opened files?

Either/both!
A 'project' is invariably associated with a directory. Any convenient
way of telling emacs of such 'projects' is fine.
>
>
> regards,
> Nikolaj Schumacher
>