1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 86c302fe..b784ec97 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ fn nativeMain(init: std.process.Init) !void {
     opts.startup_config = found.bytes;
     opts.startup_config_path = found.path;
     opts.config_dir = found.dir;
+    opts.recent_path = recentPath(init.io, arena, init.environ_map);
     if (found.dir) |d| @import("crash.zig").setDir(d);
     if (detach) |name| {
         const named = if (name.len != 0)
@@ -427,3 +428,18 @@ test {
     if (comptime pardes.platform == .gui) _ = @import("gui/gui.zig");
     if (comptime pardes.font_picker) _ = @import("fonts.zig");
 }
+
+/// Where the list of files opened lately is kept: $XDG_STATE_HOME/pardes
+/// /recent, else ~/.local/state/pardes/recent, the directory made if need
+/// be; null with no home to keep it in (the list then lasts the session).
+fn recentPath(io: std.Io, arena: std.mem.Allocator, env: *const std.process.Environ.Map) ?[]const u8 {
+    const dir = dir: {
+        if (env.get("XDG_STATE_HOME")) |base| if (base.len != 0 and std.fs.path.isAbsolute(base))
+            break :dir std.fs.path.join(arena, &.{ base, "pardes" }) catch return null;
+        const home = env.get("HOME") orelse return null;
+        if (home.len == 0) return null;
+        break :dir std.fs.path.join(arena, &.{ home, ".local", "state", "pardes" }) catch return null;
+    };
+    std.Io.Dir.cwd().createDirPath(io, dir) catch return null;
+    return std.fs.path.join(arena, &.{ dir, "recent" }) catch null;
+}