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bug#39189: 26.2; recentf should save the list periodically
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#39189: 26.2; recentf should save the list periodically |
Date: |
Thu, 23 Jan 2020 02:05:49 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
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.
Yes, that would be useful.
I like the semantics of `bookmark-save-flag'. Perhaps we could
implement something more similar to that for recentf.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas