Subject: bug#56148: [PATCH] New command recentf-open

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:04:52 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]>
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 16:57:43 +0200
> 
> In recentf-mode, I think it would be useful to provide a command to
> open recent files using the minibuffer.  Please see the attached
> patch.

Thanks.

> +(defun recentf-open (file)
> +  "Prompt for FILE in `recentf-list' and visit it.
> +Enable `recentf-mode' if it isn't already."
> +  (interactive
> +   (list
> +    (progn (unless recentf-mode (recentf-mode 1))
> +           (completing-read (format-prompt "Open recent file" nil)
> +                            (mapcar #'abbreviate-file-name recentf-list)

Shouldn't you apply abbreviate-file-name only if recentf-menu-filter
is set to abbreviate them in the menu?

This mode is also described in the user manual; shouldn't this new
command be documented there?