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Re: Saving a window configuration ?
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Robert Pluim |
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Re: Saving a window configuration ? |
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Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:48:39 +0100 |
>>>>> On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 13:09:54 -0500, jonetsu <jonetsu@teksavvy.com> said:
jonetsu> If 15 files are opened and the frames are saved, then the
jonetsu> files will need to be re-opened one by one and only after
jonetsu> doing that can the saved positions and sized of the
jonetsu> frames be restored to produce what's expected: restoring
jonetsu> emacs like it was when last left, with all the files and
jonetsu> all the frames. As far as I consider my query, this is
jonetsu> pretty much half-cooked. What's the use of wanting to be
jonetsu> able to restore emacs like it was with all the frame
jonetsu> sizes and positions AND the files, in a single operation,
jonetsu> if all the files have to be manually opened before ? If
jonetsu> all the files have to be manually opened then might as
jonetsu> well forget about the size and position of the frames and
jonetsu> re-organize them.
jonetsu> What I would like is to get back to emacs with the 15
jonetsu> files being displayed just like they were last time. The
jonetsu> corollary to this mechanism would be that since it can do
jonetsu> that, it can thus reload any other saved "buffers &
jonetsu> frames" (B&F for short). So if I switch from one project
jonetsu> to another I can save the current B&F and then switch to
jonetsu> the other project's B&F in one operation, ready to
jonetsu> continue from the exact same place it was left
jonetsu> before. And later on switch back to the previous
jonetsu> project's saved B&F
This sounds like you want to use 'desktop-save'/'desktop-read' in
combination with 'desktop-restore-frames t' (along with specifying a
project directory every time you call those functions)
desktop.el might be overkill though, it saves a lot of state.
Robert