== Recently-Opened Files List (Patch #5708) ==

In the past, this was limited to only having 10 items. Now you can set the
number of recently opened files that are remembered (ranging from 0 to 30
items).

Setting for this can be found under 'Auto-Save' in the Info window.

5 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_userdef_types.h b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_userdef_types.h
index b83568def5d..d486f8eae5f 100644
--- a/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_userdef_types.h
+++ b/source/blender/makesdna/DNA_userdef_types.h
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ typedef struct UserDef {
 	short rvibright;		/* rotating view icon brightness */
 	char versemaster[160];
 	char verseuser[160];
-	short pad;
+	short recent_files;		/* maximum number of recently used files to remember  */
 } UserDef;
 
 extern UserDef U; /* from usiblender.c !!!! */
diff --git a/source/blender/src/header_info.c b/source/blender/src/header_info.c
index ed4d2a546b4..b948dbc921c 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/header_info.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/header_info.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static uiBlock *info_openrecentmenu(void *arg_unused)
 				menuwidth, 19, NULL, 0.0, 0.0, 1, 0, "");
 	}
 
-	for (recent = G.recent_files.first, i=0; i<10 && recent; recent = recent->next, i++) {
+	for (recent = G.recent_files.first, i=0; i<U.recent_files && recent; recent = recent->next, i++) {
 		if (strcmp(recent->filename, G.sce)!=0) {
 			uiDefIconTextBut(block, BUTM, 1, ICON_BLANK1, recent->filename, 0, yco-=20,
 					menuwidth, 19, NULL, 0.0, 0.0, 1, i+1, "");
diff --git a/source/blender/src/space.c b/source/blender/src/space.c
index 710c7b55bc2..38d2cbb3dd2 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/space.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/space.c
@@ -3515,6 +3515,11 @@ void drawinfospace(ScrArea *sa, void *spacedata)
 				0, 0, 0, 0, 0,"Open the most recently saved temporary file");
 		}
 
+		uiDefButS(block, NUM, B_DRAWINFO, "Recent Files:",
+			(xpos+edgsp+(2*mpref)+(3*midsp)),y3,(mpref),buth,
+			&U.recent_files, 0, 30, 0, 0,
+			"Maximum number of recently opened files to remember");
+		
 	} else if (U.userpref == 4) { /* system & opengl */
 
 		uiDefBut(block, LABEL,0,"Solid OpenGL lights:",
diff --git a/source/blender/src/toets.c b/source/blender/src/toets.c
index dbbe97fbe20..04b21d32203 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/toets.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/toets.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ char *recent_filelist(void)
 		ofs = 1;
 	} else ofs = 0;
 
-	for (recent = G.recent_files.first, i=0; (i<10) && (recent); recent = recent->next, i++) {
+	for (recent = G.recent_files.first, i=0; (i<U.recent_files) && (recent); recent = recent->next, i++) {
 		if (strcmp(recent->filename, G.sce)) {
 			p+= sprintf(p, "|%s %%x%d", recent->filename, i+ofs+1);
 		}
diff --git a/source/blender/src/usiblender.c b/source/blender/src/usiblender.c
index 140e97d4028..b81cba7d1d0 100644
--- a/source/blender/src/usiblender.c
+++ b/source/blender/src/usiblender.c
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ static void init_userdef_file(void)
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if (G.main->versionfile <= 243) {
+		/* set default number of recently-used files (if not set) */
+		if (U.recent_files == 0) U.recent_files = 10;
+	}
 	
 	/* GL Texture Garbage Collection (variable abused above!) */
 	if (U.textimeout == 0) {
@@ -567,7 +571,7 @@ static void readBlog(void)
 	G.recent_files.first = G.recent_files.last = NULL;
 
 	/* read list of recent opend files from .Blog to memory */
-	for (l= lines, num= 0; l && (num<10); l= l->next, num++) {
+	for (l= lines, num= 0; l && (num<U.recent_files); l= l->next, num++) {
 		line = l->link;
 		if (!BLI_streq(line, "")) {
 			if (num==0) 
@@ -666,7 +670,7 @@ static void writeBlog(void)
 			recent = recent->next;
 			i=1;
 			/* write rest of recent opened files to .Blog */
-			while((i<10) && (recent)){
+			while((i<U.recent_files) && (recent)){
 				/* this prevents to have duplicities in list */
 				if (strcmp(recent->filename, G.sce)!=0) {
 					fprintf(fp, "%s\n", recent->filename);