From 05777de3c49a5effffbe130e0e290a25d77b841e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 17:54:30 +1200
Subject: Committing plugin as I've got it

---
 autoload/select_old_files.vim | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 plugin/select_old_files.vim   | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 autoload/select_old_files.vim
 create mode 100644 plugin/select_old_files.vim

diff --git a/autoload/select_old_files.vim b/autoload/select_old_files.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcc6657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoload/select_old_files.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+" Entry point to command function with one optional argument, the count of
+" v:oldfiles wanted for selection.
+"
+function! select_old_files#(...) abort
+
+  " Check we didn't receive too many arguments
+  if a:0 > 1
+    echoerr 'Too many arguments'
+  endif
+
+  " If an argument was provided, use that as the limit; failing that, use
+  " a global variable g:select_old_files_limit if set; failing that, use two
+  " less than the current number of screen lines, filling the screen but not
+  " forcing a pager.
+  "
+  let limit = a:0 == 1
+        \ ? a:1 : get(g:, 'select_old_files_limit', &lines - 2)
+
+  " Check the count provided makes sense: a non-zero positive integer
+  if limit <= 0
+    echoerr 'Invalid count'
+  endif
+
+  " Save the current value of v:oldfiles and reassign it to have the number of
+  " items specified, and then :browse it.  Once that's done, whether or not
+  " the user chose a file to edit, put the previous v:oldfiles value back.
+  "
+  let oldfiles = v:oldfiles
+  let v:oldfiles = v:oldfiles[:limit - 1]
+  browse oldfiles
+  let v:oldfiles = oldfiles
+
+endfunction
diff --git a/plugin/select_old_files.vim b/plugin/select_old_files.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2a477e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/select_old_files.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+"
+" select_old_files.vim: Slightly enhanced `:browse oldfiles` that limits the
+" count of selectable files, defaulting to just short of the window height, to
+" avoid a pager.
+"
+" Author: Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>
+" License: Same as Vim itself
+"
+if exists('loaded_select_old_files') || &compatible || !exists(':oldfiles')
+  finish
+endif
+let loaded_select_old_files = 1
+
+" User command accepts single optional integer limiting files listing
+command! -bar -nargs=? SelectOldFiles
+      \ call select_old_files#(<f-args>)
+
+" Normal mode mapping calls command with no arguments
+nnoremap <Plug>(SelectOldFiles)
+      \ :<C-U>SelectOldFiles<CR>
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