Emacs: Open Recently Opened File

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Alt+x recentf-mode to turn it on. (it toggles on/off) Then, Alt+x recentf-open-files to list and open recently opened file.

To open the file, just press a digit key. Or, move cursor to the line and press Enter.

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emacs recentf-mode

Turn on Recentf for Future Sessions

Put this in your Emacs Init File:

;; keep a list of recently opened files
(require 'recentf)
(recentf-mode 1)

It's good to give recentf-open-files a easy key. [see Emacs: How to Define Keybinding]

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