Dired history in Emacs
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rucci99 · 2022-02-24 10:11



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Danrobi1 · 2022-02-24 11:10

Cool! Thanks for sharing.

Note: Kind of weird these functions are not built-in :/

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arthurno1 · 2022-02-24 13:57

That's really great.

There is already [dired-recent](https://github.com/vifon/dired-
recent.el), which has slightly more options and features, but I prefer
minimalistic packages.

Add it to Melpa, or even better, make a Dired patch for inclusion in
Emacs. Dired could really use same kind of navigation as built-in help
or info.

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divinedominion · 2022-02-24 15:24

Short and sweet, thanks for sharing!

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divinedominion · 2022-02-24 15:24

Yeah it sounds like this could be interesting and simple enough for
core Emacs

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pxoq · 2022-02-24 16:16

Elpher a [gemini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_(protocol)
client for Emacs is another mode that doesn't really follow the
convention. It doesn't implement a forward history command (unlike
EWW, the built-in Emacs HTTP text browser) so I constanly forget `r`
doesn't work.

`l` and `r` is great, I remember when I first used EWW, I found it
very intuive since it didn't use `b` for backwards, which is confusing
since it overlaps with the mnenomic of bookmarks. Reloading a page is
not something I usually do in a text browser so `r` for right makes
sense.

spreading the love of `l` and `r` keys.

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karthink · 2022-02-24 16:44

>Reloading a page is not something I usually do in a text browser so
`r` for right makes sense.

Emacs and most external packages consistently use `g` for reload
anyway. Like most things Emacs this choice looks a little weird at
first but the internal consistency is good.

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00-11 · 2022-02-24 18:27

[Dired+](https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DiredPlus) gives you commands
`diredp-dired-recent-dirs` and `diredp-dired-recent-dirs-other-
window`, bound globally to `C-x D r` and `C-x 4 D r`), and the same
for recent files & directories (commands `diredp-dired-recent-files`
and `diredp-dired-recent-files-other-window`, bound globally to `C-x D
R` and `C-x 4 D R`).

These give you Dired buffers with only your recent dirs, or files &
dirs, respectively. You can act on them in all of the usual Dired
ways.

Each of them also lets you (using a numeric prefix arg) include (non-
negative arg) or exclude (negative arg) specific recent files in the
listing. A  non-numeric prefix arg prompts for `ls` switches for the
listing. So does a zero (0) prefix arg (in addition to prompting for
files to include).

You also have commands to add and remove files & dirs (e.g. the marked
ones) to/from your recentf list.

And you can revert such a Dired listing (with `g`). And a prefix arg
for that has the same behavior as for initial listing: you can
include/exclude specific recent files/dirs and specify `ls` switches.

Option `diredp-default-sort-arbitrary-function` defines how such a
Dired buffer is sorted, by default:

* Access order, most recent first
* Access order, least recent first
* File name, A-Z
* File name, Z-A
* Full file name, A-Z
* Full file name, Z-A

You can re-sort it in any of those ways, using `C-M-S-l`.

Non-nil option `diredp-recent-files-quit-kills-flag` kills a Dired
recent-files/dirs buffer when you quit it with `q`.

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ckoneru · 2022-02-25 02:24

Thanks, I have been using this with ivy integration to navigate to
recent directories like `recentf`

        ;; http://pragmaticemacs.com/emacs/open-a-recent-directory-in-
dired-revisited/
        (defun my/ivy-dired-recent-dirs ()
        "Present a list of recently used directories and open the
selected one in dired"
        (interactive)
        (let ((recent-dirs
                (delete-dups
                (mapcar (lambda (file)
                            (if (file-directory-p file) file (file-
name-directory file)))
                        recentf-list))))

            (let ((dir (ivy-read "Directory: "
                                recent-dirs
                                :re-builder #'ivy--regex
                                :sort nil
                                :initial-input nil)))
            (dired dir))))
        (global-set-key (kbd "C-x C-d") 'my/ivy-dired-recent-dirs)