* saving window configurations in register
@ 2022-12-25 14:53 Gottfried
2022-12-25 16:50 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-26 16:33 ` roadie
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From: Gottfried @ 2022-12-25 14:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
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Hi,
I want that Emacs starts with the frame/window configuration I saved
before.
e.g. the whole screen is divided into two buffers side by side with 2
different files open.
How to do that?
C-x r w r a (a as register a) I tried, but it does not save it.
C-x r w r 1 (Register 1 I tried) but it doesn’t save it
Because when I open emacs again, nothing is saved in my registers
I tried
C-x r j r a (a as the saved register) but it says, there is nothing saved
Where is my mistake?
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Kind regards
Gottfried
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* Re: saving window configurations in register
2022-12-25 14:53 saving window configurations in register Gottfried
@ 2022-12-25 16:50 ` Jean Louis
2022-12-26 16:33 ` roadie
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From: Jean Louis @ 2022-12-25 16:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gottfried; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
* Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> [2022-12-25 17:56]:
> I want that Emacs starts with the frame/window configuration I saved
> before. e.g. the whole screen is divided into two buffers side by
> side with 2 different files open.
Good idea.
I recommend that you read in Emacs Manual following section:
(info "(emacs) Saving Emacs Sessions")
You may simply evaluate the above line in Emacs to get quicker to it.
> How to do that?
There are several ways, and by using the built-in option, you simply
do:
M-x desktop-save
to save buffers, and window configuration, and:
M-x desktop-read
to read the configuration back into Emacs.
Please read in the Info Manual how to enable the option upon startup.
> C-x r w r a (a as register a) I tried, but it does not save it.
I think it is only:
C-x r w REGISTER -- to insert window configuration into register.
there is no "r" after "r w" that I know.
And to restore it, it is:
C-x r j
> Because when I open emacs again, nothing is saved in my registers
Registers are not automatically saved when you exit Emacs. That means the state of window configuration will be deleted from memory when Emacs exits.
Package that could help with persistent state over sessions may be also following:
session - MELPA:
https://melpa.org/#/session
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Jean
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* Re: saving window configurations in register
2022-12-25 14:53 saving window configurations in register Gottfried
2022-12-25 16:50 ` Jean Louis
@ 2022-12-26 16:33 ` roadie
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From: roadie @ 2022-12-26 16:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gottfried; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>>>>> "Gottfried" == Gottfried <gottfried@posteo.de> writes:
> Hi, I want that Emacs starts with the frame/window configuration I
> saved before. e.g. the whole screen is divided into two buffers
> side by side with 2 different files open.
> How to do that?
If this setup is static (same 2 different files side by side) then I
would make a kbd-macro to set this up and run that at the end of
init.
If this setup means you want the 2 different files you had side by
side at the end of last session (and they are different to the 2 different files
from the start of that last session) - I don't know.
LG
roadie
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