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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: lekktu@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: calling desktop-read interactively
Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 08:45:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv1rw17vw9.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <834l0yl4gw.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 27 Sep 2019 07:59:11 +0300")

> Starting Emacs from different directories for each session should
> satisfy this use case.

Indeed, as I said, you can always use "artificial" directories.
It just seems like an unnatural restriction.

> Although I don't think I understand why the email session needs
> a desktop file anyway -- what important information is saved in that
> desktop file?

The shape and position of the frames, as well as a few files I use to
handle the review of admissions requests (which are mostly processed
via email exchanges).


        Stefan




      reply	other threads:[~2019-09-27 12:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-09-26  2:52 calling desktop-read interactively Juanma Barranquero
2019-09-26  7:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-26 12:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2019-09-26 12:53   ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-09-26 15:32     ` Stefan Monnier
2019-09-26 16:06       ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-09-26 16:31         ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-26 16:52           ` Juanma Barranquero
2019-09-26 16:20       ` Drew Adams
2019-09-26 16:28       ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-26 19:42         ` Stefan Monnier
2019-09-27  4:59           ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-27 12:45             ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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