Perspectives (was Re: "grouping" buffers)

[Jean-Christophe Helary <jean.christophe.helary@traduction-libre.org>]

> On May 28, 2020, at 6:02, Douglas Lewan <d.lewan2000@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 5/22/20 2:26 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
>> Short of running multiple emacs sessions, is there a way to "group" buffers in a frame so as to have multiple frames with different contents (and possibly shared buffers) ?
> 
> I think you used the right term there: "frame". I could image code in my .emacs (or its brethren), to load individual projects each into its own frame.
> 
> If you're looking for something more general or flexible, then this could be an opportunity to write such a utility. I'm guessing you'll want a more precise description than ...'way to "group" buffers...'. (Or you might want to embrace writing prototypes and enduring false starts.)


I just found

https://github.com/nex3/perspective-el

"The Perspective package provides multiple named workspaces (or "perspectives") in Emacs, similar to multiple desktops in window managers like Awesome and XMonad, and Spaces on the Mac.

Each perspective has its own buffer list and its own window layout. This makes it easy to work on many separate projects without getting lost in all the buffers. Switching to a perspective activates its window configuration, and when in a perspective, only its buffers are available (by default).

Each Emacs frame has a distinct list of perspectives.

Perspective supports saving its state to a file, so long-lived work sessions may be saved and recovered as needed."

It looks like that's what I'm looking for.

It's not compatible with desktop.el because it offers its own facilities.

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