Re: recentf: abbreviate paths? tilde for home folder?

[Reiner Steib]

On Mon, Aug 01 2005, David Reitter wrote:

> How can I get recentf to show abbreviated paths in the "Open Recent"
> menu?  That is, show paths just like in buffer names, where path
> names are shown only where necessary in order to distinguish between
> existing buffers.

[ In Emacs 22 (CVS)...]

(setq recentf-menu-filter 'recentf-show-basenames) or
`M-x customize-variable RET recentf-menu-filter RET'

> At least, I'd like to be able to replace my home folder with a tilde  where
> possible.

(defun rs-recentf-filename-handler (name)
  (replace-regexp-in-string (concat "\\`" (expand-file-name "~")) "~" name))
(setq recentf-filename-handler 'rs-recentf-filename-handler)

Bye, Reiner.
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