Re: recently used documents

[Jacob Berkman <jacob helixcode com>]

Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com> writes:

> Right now it seems to me that each application keeps track of its own
> most recently used documents.  Lately I've been working on a project
> that involves both AbiWord and Gnumeric documents.  I'd like to see a
> global most recently used documents menu on my panel somewhere.  Then
> I wouldn't have to go rooting around for my project all the time.
> 
> Right now I do this by starting (eg) Gnumeric and then selecting my
> file from its File menu.  But this seems backward to me -- I don't
> care about the application as much as I care about my particular
> document.  That is, the current panel menu is application-centric,
> whereas I want it to focus more on my documents.

This is actually something I didn't have time to put into 1.2... It
could make 1.4, if my august isn't busy or someone else implements it.
It should be pretty easy.

Jacob
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