dired-recent.el

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• dired-recent [[https://melpa.org/#/dired-recent][file:https://melpa.org/packages/dired-recent-badge.svg]] A history of paths visited with Emacs dired.

** Installation

Install from MELPA.

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE M-x package-install dired-recent #+END_EXAMPLE

** Usage

1. Enable the global minor mode.

   #+BEGIN_SRC elisp (dired-recent-mode 1) #+END_SRC

2. Press =C-x C-d= to select a previously visited directory to open.

   A package like [[https://github.com/abo-abo/swiper#ivy][Ivy]] greatly improves the experience.

** Additional info

=dired-recent-mode= hijacks the =C-x C-d= key that in theory it shouldn't. I decided that this key is so useless by default and at the same time would make much sense for =dired-recent=, that I'm going to use it. If you're uncomfortable with it, you can unbind it with the following code. Note that =dired-recent= must be already loaded.

#+BEGIN_SRC elisp (define-key dired-recent-mode-map (kbd "C-x C-d") nil) (define-key dired-recent-mode-map (kbd "SOME OTHER KEY") #'dired-recent-open) #+END_SRC