The "Open Recent" menu only shows files that have been opened through the file menu

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What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Open a file using the "File-> Open" option. It will appear in the
"File->Open Recent" sub-menu.
2. Open a file from within MacVim, using :e or :n or whatever.
3. The opened file does not appear in the "File->Open Recent" submenu.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

See above.

What version of MacVim and OS X are you using (see "MacVim->About MacVim"
and  "Apple Menu->About This Mac" menu items, e.g. "Snapshot 40, 10.5.6
Intel")?

MacVim 7.2 Stable 1.2 (33.3) 

Intel Macbook, OSX 10.5.5 

Original issue reported on code.google.com by pwick...@gmail.com on 19 Feb 2009 at 7:30

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This is a known limitation.  We did discuss this issue a while back but it is
non-trivial to make the "open recent" menu show files open from Vim (using :e 
etc.).  

Also, some people actually prefer to separate files opened from Finder as 
opposed to
those opened from Vim so the current behavior can't quite be classified as a 
"bug".

By the way, do you really want this change (i.e. would it be useful to you) or 
did
you point it out mostly just because you noticed it?

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 20 Feb 2009 at 1:56

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It's definitely something that would be useful to me, but if it's not something 
that
can be fixed easily, well, I can live with that. However, it should probably be
mentioned somewhere, like in the FAQ. In a perfect world, there should be an 
option
in .vimrc or .gvimrc that would control whether files opened through vim showed 
up in
the "Open Recent" menu or not. That way, everyone could have their cake and eat 
it too.

Original comment by pwick...@gmail.com on 20 Feb 2009 at 5:29

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Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 8 Apr 2009 at 12:48

• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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I was about to create the same ticket.  It is something I would like rather 
than 
just noticed.  In my case though it was for files opened from the Terminal 
using 
mvim rather than using :e. Maybe internally these are the same thing though. I 
think 
the ability to either choose for them to either show up in the Open Recent, or 
the 
ability to turn on another menu which splits them into two sections would be 
great.

Original comment by martinjg...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2009 at 12:19

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What TextMate has, and that would IHMO make great sense, is to be able to add 
files to the "Open recent" history when invoked from the command-line with mvim.

Indeed, most of the time I open files from the terminal, and it would really 
help to be able to quickly get back to a file.

On the other hand, adding file ever opened might be an annoyance. Think for 
instance commit messages when mvim is set as $EDITOR. Personnaly I really don't 
want those added to my history.

Original comment by r.go...@gmail.com on 30 Sep 2010 at 10:25

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Thanks for the suggestions.  I'll give this some more thought.

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 30 Sep 2010 at 10:57

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It would be great to have this feature for files opened via mvim (which is 
pretty much the only way I use macvim, and I use it a lot).

Agreed that it would be an annoyance for every file opened via $EDITOR (i.e. 
commit messages), so it would be great if you could pass a flag to mvim to not 
add the file to the recents menu, like:

mvim --norecent

Original comment by due...@gmail.com on 19 Jan 2011 at 8:43

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That's not a bad idea at all.  I have been considering some configuration of 
regexps describing file name patterns not to add to the MRU etc. but this seems 
like such overkill.  A command line flag is a lost simpler.

However, do note that all files opened will be added to the MRU -- including 
files opened with :e et al (and these will not be abled to be "blocked" with 
some flag).  Maybe this will cause lots of unwanted entries in the MRU due to 
files being opened from within plugins?  I'll have to test this.

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 5:37

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I'm just a programming hobbyist, but also a huge MacVim lover for
writing. I would just like the option to add files to the MRU list
from the commandline.

Meaning, what if your flag worked the other way: Supply --recent or
something when you WANT the file added to the MRU, instead of figuring
out regexes for files you DON'T want added?

Original comment by richardd...@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 6:24

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OK.  I added this feature now.  Only files opened from the command line will be 
added to the MRU.  Using :e etc. will _not_ modify the MRU because I think a 
lot of garbage will get added to the MRU this way (from plugins).

I also added the --nomru switch to avoid adding files to the MRU.

Lets test it out and see how it works.  If it gets annoying I may end up 
pulling this feature (or perhaps change it as in the suggestion of Comment 9).

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 20 Jan 2011 at 8:47

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Works great so far! And as an added bonus, I learned to build. :)

Thank you, Bjorn

Original comment by richardd...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2011 at 7:27

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Hi Bjorn, is there a version of this that would work for 10.6 (macvim 7.3 
currently)? It would extremely useful to have

Original comment by n...@pbjelli.com on 15 May 2012 at 1:47

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There is a link to a build of the latest snapshot for 10.6 on the home page 
(under "Legacy Mac OS X downloads").  It includes this feature.

Original comment by bjorn.winckler@gmail.com on 16 May 2012 at 6:11

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I was surprised that when I saved a file using the save button in the UI (not 
:w) it did NOT appear in my Open Recent menu. Bug?

Original comment by aledo...@gmail.com on 7 Jan 2013 at 6:34