Reinstating windows state after ediff

Reinstating windows state after ediff

[Chris Stork]

Sometimes I split my frames in different ways into windows.  Always 
after I use ediff this window state is lost.

It seems that I have to find/write appropriate functions to add to 
ediff-{before,after}-setup-window-hook.  Has anybody done something like 
this already?

(Maybe it's a good idea to open a new frame for the two compared files 
and then (optionally) destroy it after ediff is done.  Pro: it does not 
even touch any of the other frames.  Con: it does not work on a 
terminal, which is fine for my puposes.)

Thanks,
Chris

Re: Reinstating windows state after ediff

[Stefan Monnier]

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Stork <cs-newsgroups@nil.ics.uci.edu> writes:
> (Maybe it's a good idea to open a new frame for the two compared files and
> then (optionally) destroy it after ediff is done.  Pro: it does not even
> touch any of the other frames.  Con: it does not work on a terminal, which
> is fine for my puposes.)

Huh?  What makes you think it doesn't work on a terminal ?


        Stefan

Re: Reinstating windows state after ediff

[Chris Stork]

Stefan Monnier wrote:

>>>>>>"Chris" == Chris Stork <cs-newsgroups@nil.ics.uci.edu> writes:
>>
>>(Maybe it's a good idea to open a new frame for the two compared files and
>>then (optionally) destroy it after ediff is done.  Pro: it does not even
>>touch any of the other frames.  Con: it does not work on a terminal, which
>>is fine for my puposes.)
> 
> 
> Huh?  What makes you think it doesn't work on a terminal ?

Ignorance.  ;-)  I (almost) never use "emacs -nw", so I assumed frames 
don't work then.  Just thinking about it for a second made me realize my 
mistake.

-Chris

Re: Reinstating windows state after ediff

[Sandip Chitale]

Have you looked into:

"
window-configuration-to-register is an interactive compiled Lisp
function in `register'.
(window-configuration-to-register REGISTER &optional ARG)

Store the window configuration of the selected frame in register
REGISTER.
Use C-x r j to restore the configuration.
Argument is a character, naming the register.
"

and binding it to some keys to save and restore the window
configuration?

Chris Stork <cs-newsgroups@nil.ics.uci.edu> wrote in message news:<mailman.7726.1055357572.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>...
> Sometimes I split my frames in different ways into windows.  Always 
> after I use ediff this window state is lost.
> 
> It seems that I have to find/write appropriate functions to add to 
> ediff-{before,after}-setup-window-hook.  Has anybody done something like 
> this already?
> 
> (Maybe it's a good idea to open a new frame for the two compared files 
> and then (optionally) destroy it after ediff is done.  Pro: it does not 
> even touch any of the other frames.  Con: it does not work on a 
> terminal, which is fine for my puposes.)
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris