Does Emacs have the capability to open recent files (e.g. a menu like File > Open Recent…)?
I know that Aquamacs, for OS X, has this feature. But is it common to all Emacs versions?
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Does Emacs have the capability to open recent files (e.g. a menu like File > Open Recent…)?
I know that Aquamacs, for OS X, has this feature. But is it common to all Emacs versions?
Ordinary GNU Emacs doesn’t have a menu showing recently open files. However, all Emacs commands have history, including
find-file(C-x C-f). Selecting “File | Open” in the menu or opening a file withemacsclientalso adds to this history. After you pressC-x C-f, pressupanddownto navigate the history of opened files.The history is saved between sessions if you enable session saving with the
desktoppackage.