Set this script as start up script to popup a window listing all recent files

launcher.py

# written by Tal Leming, posted in the RoboFont Community slack  
import pathlib
import AppKit
import ezui
from mojo.subscriber import Subscriber, registerRoboFontSubscriber
from mojo import roboFont
from mojo.UI import OpenScriptWindow

roboFontIcon = AppKit.NSApp().applicationIconImage()

class Launcher(Subscriber, ezui.WindowController):

    debug = True

    def build(self):
        content = f""" 
        * HorizontalStack                @roboFontStack
        > * Image                        @roboFontImage
        > RoboFont                       @roboFontTitleLabel
        > Version {roboFont.version}     @roboFontVersionLabel
        |------------------------|       @documentTable
        | Filename | Last Edited |
        |                        |
        |------------------------|
        * HorizontalStack                @newStack
        > (New Font)                     @newFontButton
        > (New Script)                   @newScriptButton
        > (Open...)                      @openButton
        """
        iconSize = 40
        descriptionData = dict(
            roboFontStack=dict(
                alignment="center",
                distribution="gravity",
                margins=(20, 0, 0, 0)
            ),
            roboFontImage=dict(
                image=roboFontIcon,
                height=iconSize,
                width=iconSize,
                gravity="leading"
            ),
            roboFontTitleLabel=dict(
                gravity="leading",
                style="largeTitle",
            ),
            roboFontVersionLabel=dict(
                gravity="trailing",
                style="caption1"
            ),

            documentTable=dict(
                width=600,
                height=300,
                columnDescriptions=[
                    dict(
                        identifier="filename",
                        title="Filename"
                    ),
                    dict(
                        identifier="modificationDate",
                        title="Last Edited",
                        width=200
                    ),
                ],
                items=getRecentDocumentTableItems()
            ),
            
            newStack=dict(
                distribution="gravity",
                alignment="trailing"
            )
        )
        self.w = ezui.EZWindow(
            content=content,
            descriptionData=descriptionData,
            controller=self,
            size="auto"
        )
        self.w.getNSWindow().setTitlebarAppearsTransparent_(True)
        self.w.getNSWindow().standardWindowButton_(AppKit.NSWindowMiniaturizeButton).setHidden_(True)
        self.w.getNSWindow().standardWindowButton_(AppKit.NSWindowZoomButton).setHidden_(True)
        mask = self.w.getNSWindow().styleMask()
        mask |= AppKit.NSWindowStyleMaskFullSizeContentView
        self.w.getNSWindow().setStyleMask_(mask)
        self.w.center()

    def started(self):
        self.w.open()

    def documentTableDoubleClickCallback(self, sender):
        table = self.w.getItem("documentTable")
        fontSuffixes = (".ufo", ".ufoz", ".otf", ".ttf")
        for item in table.getSelectedItems():
            path = item["path"]
            suffix = pathlib.Path(path).suffix.lower()
            if suffix in fontSuffixes:
                roboFont.OpenFont(path)
            elif suffix == ".py":
                OpenScriptWindow(path)
            else:
                pass
        self.w.close()

    def newFontButtonCallback(self, sender):
        roboFont.NewFont()

    def newScriptButtonCallback(self, sender):
        OpenScriptWindow()
    
    def openButtonCallback(self, sender):
        documentController = AppKit.NSDocumentController.sharedDocumentController()
        documentController.openDocument_(None)
        

def getRecentDocumentTableItems():
    tableItems = []
    fileManager = AppKit.NSFileManager.defaultManager()
    documentController = AppKit.NSDocumentController.sharedDocumentController()
    recentDocumentURLs = documentController.recentDocumentURLs()
    dateFormatter = AppKit.NSDateFormatter.alloc().init()
    dateFormatter.setDateStyle_(AppKit.NSDateFormatterLongStyle)
    dateFormatter.setTimeStyle_(AppKit.NSDateFormatterShortStyle)
    dateFormatter.setDoesRelativeDateFormatting_(True)
    for url in recentDocumentURLs:
        modTime = fileManager.attributesOfItemAtPath_error_(
            url.path(),
            None
        )[0].fileModificationDate()
        modString = dateFormatter.stringFromDate_(modTime)
        item = dict(
            path=url.path(),
            filename=url.lastPathComponent(),
            modificationDate=modString
        )
        tableItems.append(item)
    return tableItems

registerRoboFontSubscriber(Launcher)