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From: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: File name completion
Summary: How to sort completions other than alphabetically?
Keywords: gnu emacs file completion sort
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Date: 13 Mar 89 15:27:32 GMT
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Reply-To: Ram-Ashwin@cs.yale.edu (Ashwin Ram)
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GNU Emacs 18.52.26 of Mon Mar  6 1989 on leo.ring.cs.yale.edu (Domain/OS)

Is there any way to get file name completions sorted by modification time
instead of alphabetically?  I couldn't dig up anything using 'apropos' or
'info'.

For example, during a find-file (C-x C-f) it would be nice to be able to use
the '?' or some other key show you the list of possible completions, either
most recently modified first (e.g., if you're looking for a file in someone
else's directory that you know has been worked on recently) or least recently
modified first (e.g., if you're looking for a file you haven't touched in so
long that you've forgotten its exact name).  Other examples come to mind, but
I think you get the idea.

Thanks,

-- Ashwin.

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