Index: gnome-panel-2.27.91/gnome-panel/panel-run-dialog.c
===================================================================
--- gnome-panel-2.27.91.orig/gnome-panel/panel-run-dialog.c
+++ gnome-panel-2.27.91/gnome-panel/panel-run-dialog.c
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@
 #include "panel-xutils.h"
 #include "panel-icon-names.h"
 
+#include <gtk/gtkversion.h>
+#if GTK_CHECK_VERSION (2,10,0)
+#	define USE_GTK_RECENT_MANAGER
+#	include <gtk/gtkrecentmanager.h>
+#else
+#	include "egg-recent-model.h"
+#endif
+
 typedef struct {
 	GtkWidget        *run_dialog;
 
@@ -148,6 +156,8 @@ _panel_run_get_recent_programs_list (voi
 	return GTK_TREE_MODEL (list);
 }
 
+static void panel_run_dialog_update_recent_apps (PanelRunDialog *dialog, const gchar *cmd);
+
 static void
 _panel_run_save_recent_programs_list (GtkComboBoxEntry *entry,
 				      char             *lastcommand)
@@ -480,6 +490,8 @@ panel_run_dialog_execute (PanelRunDialog
 		/* only save working commands in history */
 		_panel_run_save_recent_programs_list
 			(GTK_COMBO_BOX_ENTRY (dialog->combobox), command);
+
+		panel_run_dialog_update_recent_apps (dialog, command);
 		
 		/* only close the dialog if we successfully showed or launched
 		 * something */
@@ -735,6 +747,160 @@ panel_run_dialog_find_command_idle (Pane
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
+static void
+panel_run_dialog_update_recent_apps (PanelRunDialog *dialog, const gchar *cmd)
+{
+	GtkTreeIter   iter;
+	GtkTreeModel *model = NULL;
+	GtkTreePath  *path  = NULL;
+
+	gchar *found_ditem_path = NULL;
+	gchar *found_ditem_uri  = NULL;
+	gchar *found_cmd        = NULL;
+
+	gchar *cmd_i;
+	gchar *ditem_path_i;
+
+	gboolean fuzzy;
+
+#ifdef USE_GTK_RECENT_MANAGER
+	GtkRecentManager *recent_manager;
+	GtkRecentData     recent_data;
+#else
+	EggRecentModel *recent_model;
+	EggRecentItem  *recent_item;
+#endif
+
+	GError *error = NULL;
+
+	
+	if (! cmd)
+		return;
+
+	model = gtk_tree_view_get_model (GTK_TREE_VIEW (dialog->program_list));
+	path  = gtk_tree_path_new_first ();
+	
+	if (! path || ! gtk_tree_model_get_iter (model, & iter, path)) {
+		if (path)
+			gtk_tree_path_free (path);
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	do {
+		cmd_i        = NULL;
+		ditem_path_i = NULL;
+
+		gtk_tree_model_get (
+			model, & iter,
+			COLUMN_EXEC, & cmd_i,
+			COLUMN_PATH, & ditem_path_i,
+			-1
+		);
+
+        	if (cmd_i && ditem_path_i) {
+			fuzzy = FALSE;
+
+			if (fuzzy_command_match (sure_string (cmd), cmd_i, & fuzzy)) {
+				g_free (found_ditem_path);
+				
+				found_ditem_path = g_strdup (ditem_path_i);
+				found_cmd        = g_strdup (cmd_i);
+				
+				if (! fuzzy) {
+					/*
+					 * if not fuzzy then we have a precise
+					 * match and we can quit, else keep
+					 * searching for a better match
+					 */
+					g_free (cmd_i);
+					g_free (ditem_path_i);
+
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		g_free (cmd_i);
+		g_free (ditem_path_i);
+
+	} while (gtk_tree_model_iter_next (model, & iter));
+
+	gtk_tree_path_free (path);
+
+#ifdef USE_GTK_RECENT_MANAGER
+	recent_manager = gtk_recent_manager_get_default ();
+
+	if (! recent_manager)
+		goto exit;
+#else
+	recent_model = egg_recent_model_new (EGG_RECENT_MODEL_SORT_NONE);
+
+	if (! recent_model)
+		goto exit;
+#endif
+
+	if (found_ditem_path) {
+		found_ditem_uri = g_filename_to_uri (found_ditem_path, NULL, & error);
+
+		if (! error) {
+#ifdef USE_GTK_RECENT_MANAGER
+			recent_data.display_name = NULL;
+			recent_data.description  = NULL;
+			recent_data.mime_type    = g_strdup ("application/x-desktop");
+			recent_data.is_private   = TRUE;
+
+			recent_data.app_name = g_strdup (g_get_application_name ());
+			if (! recent_data.app_name)
+				recent_data.app_name = g_strdup ("gnome-panel run dialog");
+
+			recent_data.app_exec = g_strdup (g_strdup (found_cmd));
+			if (! recent_data.app_exec)
+				recent_data.app_exec = g_strdup ("gnome-open %u");
+
+			recent_data.groups     = g_new0 (gchar *, 2);
+			recent_data.groups [0] = g_strdup ("recently-used-apps");
+			recent_data.groups [1] = NULL;
+
+			gtk_recent_manager_add_full (recent_manager, found_ditem_uri, & recent_data);
+
+			g_free (recent_data.mime_type);
+			g_free (recent_data.app_name);
+			g_free (recent_data.app_exec);
+			g_free (recent_data.groups [0]);
+			g_free (recent_data.groups);
+
+#else
+
+			recent_item = egg_recent_item_new_from_uri (found_ditem_uri);
+			egg_recent_item_add_group (recent_item, "recently-used-apps");
+			egg_recent_item_set_private (recent_item, TRUE);
+
+			egg_recent_model_add_full (recent_model, recent_item);
+
+			if (recent_item)
+				egg_recent_item_unref (recent_item);
+#endif
+		}
+		else {
+			g_warning ("unable to create uri from [%s] to insert into recent file list.\n",
+				found_ditem_path);
+
+			g_error_free (error);
+		}
+	}
+
+#ifndef USE_GTK_RECENT_MANAGER
+	g_object_unref (recent_model);
+#endif
+
+exit:
+
+	g_free (found_ditem_path);
+	g_free (found_ditem_uri);
+	g_free (found_cmd);
+}
+
 static gboolean
 panel_run_dialog_add_icon_idle (PanelRunDialog *dialog)
 {
