Major rewrite. The code is reordered, cleaner and faster. Introduced new options to automatically cleanup the recent list, and to handle filename transformation (for example to use true filenames). (recentf-version): New constant. (recentf-save-file-header): Moved. (recentf-data-cache): New variable. (recentf-update-menu-p, recentf-initialized-p): Removed. (recentf-menu-customization-changed): Moved. Doc fix. (recentf-max-saved-items): Doc fix. (recentf-save-file): Doc fix. No more expand filename here. (recentf-exclude, recentf-menu-action) (recentf-menu-filter): Doc fix. (recentf-menu-append-commands-flag): Renamed from... (recentf-menu-append-commands-p): Made obsolete. (recentf-keep-non-readable-files-flag): Renamed from... (recentf-keep-non-readable-files-p): Made obsolete. (recentf-auto-cleanup, recentf-filename-handler): New options. (recentf-string-equal, recentf-string-lessp) (recentf-string-member): New functions. (recentf-trunc-list): Moved. (recentf-dump-variable): Moved. Better code and output format. (recentf-auto-cleanup-timer): New variable. (recentf-auto-cleanup): New function. (recentf-push, recentf-expand-file-name): New functions. (recentf-add-file): In-lined. Use above functions. (recentf-remove-if-non-readable): In-lined. Expand file name. (recentf-find-file): Use `recentf-remove-if-non-readable'. (recentf-directory-compare): Moved. Use `recentf-string-equal' and `recentf-string-lessp' to do comparisons. (recentf-menu-items-for-commands) (recentf-menu-filter-commands): Moved. (recentf-elements, recentf-make-menu-element) (recentf-menu-element-item, recentf-menu-element-value) (recentf-set-menu-element-item, recentf-set-menu-element-value) (recentf-sub-menu-element-p, recentf-make-default-menu-element) (recentf-menu-elements): In-lined. Some doc fix. (recentf-apply-menu-filter): Better code. (recentf-make-menu-items): Doc fix. Use `recentf-menu-append-commands-flag'. (recentf-make-menu-item): In-lined. Better code. (recentf-clear-data): New function. (recentf-sort-ascending, recentf-sort-descending) (recentf-sort-basenames-ascending) (recentf-sort-basenames-descending) (recentf-sort-directories-ascending) (recentf-sort-directories-descending) (recentf-show-basenames-ascending) (recentf-show-basenames-descending: In-lined. Better code. Some doc fix. (recentf-show-basenames) (recentf-relative-filter): Better code. Doc fix. (recentf-arrange-by-rule-subfilter): Doc fix. Improved :set code. (recentf-match-rule-p): Use filename instead of file-path. (recentf-arrange-by-rule, recentf-build-mode-rules) (recentf-arrange-by-mode, recentf-build-dir-rules) (recentf-file-name-nondir) (recentf-filter-changer-alist): Some doc fix and code cleanup. (recentf-filter-changer-goto-next): Doc fix. Call `recentf-clear-data'. (recentf-filter-changer-get-current) (recentf-filter-changer-get-next): In-lined. Doc fix and better code. (recentf-filter-changer): Doc fix and better code. (recentf-cancel-dialog): Doc fix. (recentf-dialog-mode-map): Initialized in defvar. (recentf-dialog-mode): Doc fix. (recentf-track-opened-file): Renamed from... (recentf-add-file-hook): Removed. (recentf-track-closed-file): Renamed from... (recentf-remove-file-hook): Removed. (recentf-update-menu-hook): Removed. Replaced by... (recentf-update-menu): New. Better catch unnecessary updates. Display a message on error. (recentf-used-hooks): New constant. (recentf-enabled-p): New function. (recentf-edit-selected-items) (recentf-open-files-action) (recentf-open-files-item-shift): Doc fix. (recentf-edit-list-action) (recentf-open-files-item): Doc fix. Code cleanup. (recentf-edit-list, recentf-open-files) (recentf-open-more-files): Likewise. Removed autoload cookie. (recentf-save-list, recentf-cleanup): Likewise. Moved. (recentf-load-list): New command. (recentf-mode): Better code. Does nothing if enabling the already enabled mode.