RE: [External] : [emacs bookmark.el] Sorting by last set

[Drew Adams]

> > I think sorting by last set sounds like a nice
> > feature -- patches welcome.
> 
> Here is a patch that does just that.

I took only a brief look.  Unless I'm mistaken
this changes the order of `bookmark-list', and
it does so each time any bookmark is changed.

Being able to sort the _displayed_ bookmark list
(`*Bookmark List*') is one thing.  Sorting
`bookmark-alist' is quite another.

And sorting `bookmark-alist' and modifying it to
change to the new sort order is yet another.

And doing that each time a bookmark is set is yet
another.

I am not at all in favor of changing the order of
`bookmark-alist' like this.

Not mainly because it would be costly to re-sort
the list each time an existing bookmark is updated.
But in particular because `bookmark-alist' is used
in more ways than just display/access in `*Bookmark
List*'.

IMO this is the wrong solution for the request you
made, which was to be able to make more recently
changed bookmarks more apparent.