From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
Cc: Emacs developers <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: desktop-restore-frames
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:11:42 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51F65BFE.2090805@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAeL0SR1OcmGVegJgG1BYVRBFQXcZO9RHfgbxa4_DLBzPeQQMQ@mail.gmail.com>
> Well, yes, sure (one, or two if using a minibufferless /
> minibuffer-only setup). But my point is that desktop-clear allows the
> user to set up buffers s/he doesn't want to "clear", so perhaps it
> makes sense todo the same with frames. OTOH, perhaps not, and just
> going for the easy kill-them-all, Simon de Monfort's style.
Every buffer must have a name. Naming frames is less convenient so I'd
use the kill-them-all approach.
>> I suppose we want to make sure the window selected when saving should be
>> selected after restoring (unless it's a minibuffer window).
>
> Yes.
So the selected frame is that window's frame.
>> It has the advantage that we can save "something like" registered frame
>> configurations to disk and read them back.
>
> That, and also that it restores "dead" frames.
Which is a considerably advantage.
martin
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-29 12:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-15 0:08 desktop-restore-frames Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-28 11:34 ` desktop-restore-frames Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-29 7:54 ` desktop-restore-frames martin rudalics
2013-07-29 9:20 ` desktop-restore-frames Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-29 12:11 ` martin rudalics [this message]
2013-07-29 11:47 ` desktop-restore-frames chad
2013-07-29 11:50 ` desktop-restore-frames Juanma Barranquero
2013-07-29 11:58 ` desktop-restore-frames joakim
2013-07-29 12:05 ` desktop-restore-frames Juanma Barranquero
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2013-07-28 22:21 desktop-restore-frames Angelo Graziosi
2013-07-28 22:37 ` desktop-restore-frames Juanma Barranquero
2013-08-14 8:45 ` desktop-restore-frames Angelo Graziosi
2013-08-14 10:19 ` desktop-restore-frames Angelo Graziosi
2013-08-14 11:32 ` desktop-restore-frames Juanma Barranquero
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