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

[Kevin Rodgers]

Reiner Steib wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 01 2005, David Reitter wrote:
>>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)

Why not just (setq recentf-filename-handler 'abbreviate-file-name)

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Kevin Rodgers