bug#54140: 27.2; desktop-save-mode fails to restore frame and window config

[Mark Jamsek]

On 25 Feb 2022, at 7:02 pm, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:



From: Mark Jamsek <mark@bsdbox.org>

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 13:58:36 +1100

Cc: 54140@debbugs.gnu.org

Do you know where in the codebase to dig to start debugging this?

There's no need to debug this: this is the expected behavior on TTY
frames

Is this documented; if not, would a patch to this effect be accepted?

see desktop-restoring-frameset-p.  We deliberately don't
restore the frameset on text-mode displays.  For the reasons, see
bug#17693.

I had a cursory look but don’t quite understand why that precludes desktop-save-mode from working with Emacs in the terminal. If you save an -nw session, you’d have no graphical frames to restore when starting an -nw session. I’ll read the thread in its entirety when back in front of the kb.

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