GNU bug report logs - #12915
24.2.50; Visiting a file via drag-and-drop should add it to the history of visited files

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Message #86 received at 12915 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> jurta.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>, 12915 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#12915: 24.2.50;
	Visiting a file via drag-and-drop should add it to the history of
	visited files
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:52:35 +0200

> Perhaps I wasn't clear enough, but what I had in mind was adding to
> the history every file visited _under direct user request_ (with
> either `C-x C-f', drag-n-drop, click on dired buffer, jump to
> bookmark, menu item, command line argument, etc).

My observations were the result of the experiment when I optimistically
tried this feature, but quickly became annoyed by too many unnecessary
elements added by direct user request in dired, next-error, etc
to the minibuffer history.  When I browse a lot of files using dired
then I likely re-visit them again with the same dired commands,
not with C-x C-f.  OTOH, I expect to see only files visited with C-x C-f
in the history of C-x C-f.

What do you think about adding these file names not to the history
but to the suggestions like in web browsers where the top elements of
the suggestions drop-down list are the most frequently visited pages
(in Emacs this would mean the most frequently visited files).

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