As nobody else ever felt like doing it, and I work too much with official

CVS these days in order not to be terribly annoyed by its absence, here it
is: instinctive-blender's "Recent files list".

It's in the CTRL-O menu. No UI / muscle memory changes -- the first entry is
the same as the only entry that used to be in the former popup.
.

source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_global.h

@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ typedef struct Global {
     
 	/* strings: lastsaved */
 	char ima[160], sce[160], lib[160];
+	
+	char recent[10][160];
     
 	/* totals */
 	short totobj, totlamp, totobjsel, totcurve, totmesh;

source/blender/src/toets.c

@@ -352,6 +352,32 @@ int untitled(char * name)
 	return(FALSE);
 }
 
+char *recent_filelist(void)
+{
+	int event, i, ofs;
+	char pup[2048], *p;
+
+	p= pup + sprintf(pup, "Open recent%%t");
+	
+	if (G.sce[0]) {
+		p+= sprintf(p, "|%s %%x%d", G.sce, 1);
+		ofs = 1;
+	} else ofs = 0;
+	for (i=0; i<10 && (G.recent[i][0]); i++) {
+		if (strcmp(G.recent[i], G.sce)) {
+			p+= sprintf(p, "|%s %%x%d", G.recent[i], i+ofs+1);
+		}
+	}
+	event= pupmenu(pup);
+	if(event>0) {
+		if (ofs && (event==1))
+			return(G.sce);
+		else 
+			return(G.recent[event-1-ofs]);
+	}
+	else
+		return(NULL);
+}
 
 int blenderqread(unsigned short event, short val)
 {
@@ -365,6 +391,7 @@ int blenderqread(unsigned short event, short val)
 	/* Changed str and dir size to 160, to make sure there is enough
 	 * space for filenames. */
 	char dir[FILE_MAXDIR * 2], str[FILE_MAXFILE * 2];
+	char *recentfile;
 	
 	if(val==0) return 1;
 	if(event==MOUSEY || event==MOUSEX) return 1;
@@ -720,14 +747,9 @@ int blenderqread(unsigned short event, short val)
 	case OKEY:
 		if(textediting==0) {
 			if(G.qual==LR_CTRLKEY) {
-				/* There seem to be crashes here sometimes.... String
+				recentfile = recent_filelist();
-				 * bound overwrites? I changed dir and str sizes,
+				if(recentfile) {
-				 * let's see if this reoccurs. */
+					BIF_read_file(recentfile);
-				sprintf(str, "Open file: %s", G.sce);
-			
-				if(okee(str)) {
-					strcpy(dir, G.sce);
-					BIF_read_file(dir);
 				}
 				return 0;
 			}

source/blender/src/usiblender.c

@@ -461,14 +461,22 @@ static void readBlog(void)
 {
 	char name[FILE_MAXDIR+FILE_MAXFILE], filename[FILE_MAXFILE];
 	LinkNode *l, *lines;
+	char *line;
+	int num;
 
 	BLI_make_file_string("/", name, BLI_gethome(), ".Blog");
 	lines= BLI_read_file_as_lines(name);
 
-	if (lines && !BLI_streq(lines->link, "")) {
+	for (num= 0; num<10; num++) G.recent[num][0]=0;
-		strcpy(G.sce, lines->link);
+	for (l= lines, num= 0; l && (num<10); l= l->next, num++) {
-	} else {
+		line = l->link;
-		BLI_make_file_string("/", G.sce, BLI_gethome(), "untitled.blend");
+		if (!BLI_streq(line, "")) {
+			if (num==0) strcpy(G.sce, line);
+			strcpy(G.recent[num], line);
+		} else {
+//			BLI_make_file_string("/", G.sce, BLI_gethome(), "untitled.blend");
+			G.sce[0] = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	BLI_free_file_lines(lines);
@@ -531,12 +539,19 @@ static void writeBlog(void)
 {
 	char name[FILE_MAXDIR+FILE_MAXFILE];
 	FILE *fp;
+	int i, num;
 
 	BLI_make_file_string("/", name, BLI_gethome(), ".Blog");
 
 	fp= fopen(name, "w");
 	if (fp) {
-		fprintf(fp, G.sce);
+		for (i=0, num=0; (num<10) && (G.recent[i][0]); i++, num++) {
+			if (i==0) {
+				fprintf(fp, "%s\n", G.sce);
+				num++;
+			}
+			if (strcmp(G.recent[i], G.sce)) fprintf(fp, "%s\n", G.recent[i]);
+		}
 		fclose(fp);
 	}
 }