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bug#39189: 26.2; recentf should save the list periodically
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Pieter van Oostrum |
Subject: |
bug#39189: 26.2; recentf should save the list periodically |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Jan 2020 22:49:04 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.60 (darwin) |
ndame <emacsuser@freemail.hu> 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.
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