From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim Johnson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Saving window config using desktop globals Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 15:47:38 -0900 Organization: AkWebsoft Message-ID: <20151214004738.GF3346@mail.akwebsoft.com> References: <20151213193050.GA3346@mail.akwebsoft.com> <87io42hsoi.fsf@debian.uxu> <87d1uahr52.fsf@debian.uxu> <878u4yhqso.fsf@debian.uxu> <20151213233350.GD3346@mail.akwebsoft.com> <87zixdhq74.fsf@debian.uxu> <20151213234826.GE3346@mail.akwebsoft.com> <87vb81hoee.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450054087 25785 80.91.229.3 (14 Dec 2015 00:48:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 00:48:07 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 14 01:47:58 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1a8HIw-0006zY-Tt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 01:47:55 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57159 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8HIw-0001kh-67 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 19:47:54 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33897) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8HIl-0001kK-Av for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 19:47:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8HIi-0002H1-4X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 19:47:43 -0500 Original-Received: from tjohnson.mtaonline.net ([64.4.232.191]:44279) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8HIh-0002Gp-So for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 19:47:40 -0500 Original-Received: by linus.johnson.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D3F602007AD; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 15:47:38 -0900 (AKST) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87vb81hoee.fsf@debian.uxu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 64.4.232.191 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:108398 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg [151213 15:33]: > Tim Johnson writes: > > >> "Desktop file" = ordinary file? > > > > No -- "Desktop file" = .emacs.desktop > > "Desktop will load, at startup, the buffers you were > editing when you last quit Emacs." [1] > > Oh no, this is what I said all along...! It is much > better to not care about state but to have a > "total state" where everything is reachable from > everywhere, instantly! > > Are people that afraid to get lost? :( > Good luck anyway. I've been using desktop-save-mode for years, but I have not tried to save a register. register-alist is being saved in the .desktop file, but window configurations are not. I will think about this for a while, and probably repost with a better subject line. thnx -- Tim http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com