From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: How to restore the layout? Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:39:38 +0300 Message-ID: <83ehbjd2v9.fsf@gnu.org> References: <51C5AA68.4000204@alice.it> <51CA0D4C.7080204@alice.it> <51CC3E42.7020409@alice.it> <51CC4CC1.3030202@alice.it> <51CC8403.1030009@gmx.at> <51CCA56A.8000508@gmx.at> <51CD49CF.1090103@gmx.at> <51CD5489.10902@gmx.at> <2FB4C583-960C-4DA8-8B2E-29DF8D96770E@swipnet.se> <83d2r6fsbw.fsf@gnu.org> <8338s2fkod.fsf@gnu.org> <85zju9tkcp.fsf@member.fsf.org> <83ehble3ps.fsf@gnu.org> <85ehbjsjl0.fsf@member.fsf.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1372606800 3586 80.91.229.3 (30 Jun 2013 15:40:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 15:40:00 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stephen Leake Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 30 17:40:00 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UtJjL-0005Tz-24 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 17:39:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45602 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UtJjK-00005l-Fs for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:39:58 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36571) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UtJjH-00005N-Bi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:39:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UtJjG-0000t1-HQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:39:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:61771) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UtJjG-0000sp-9L for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:39:54 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MP700600Q3UF500@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:39:39 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MP7006PEQ629M30@a-mtaout22.012.net.il>; Sun, 30 Jun 2013 18:39:39 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <85ehbjsjl0.fsf@member.fsf.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:161356 Archived-At: > From: Stephen Leake > Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:29:31 -0400 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > >> I would consider it a serious bug if Emacs did not restore frame > >> positions in "restore desktop". > > > > So do you also consider it a "serious bug" when today's desktop fails > > to restore buffers, because their files disappeared or moved? > > No, moving or deleting those files outside Emacs is a user action, so > the user should expect that. So is invoking Emacs from a different display. Also, files could disappear due to reasons other than user actions. > On the other hand, I carefully set up my Emacs frame config, so I expect > it to be restored when I save and restore the desktop. That wasn't the issue. The issue was whether it would be fatal if we tried to restore, but failed. Like with buffers whose files disappeared.