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 16:28:16 -0900 Organization: AkWebsoft Message-ID: <20151214012816.GG3346@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> <20151214004738.GF3346@mail.akwebsoft.com> <87h9jlhmnt.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 1450056524 25995 80.91.229.3 (14 Dec 2015 01:28:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 01:28:44 +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 02:28:35 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 1a8HwI-0004ic-1E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 02:28:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57282 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8HwH-0007yR-9r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:28:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41965) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Hw6-0007y9-0g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:28:23 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Hw2-0001v5-QQ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:28:21 -0500 Original-Received: from tjohnson.mtaonline.net ([64.4.232.191]:44323) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Hw2-0001us-ID for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 20:28:18 -0500 Original-Received: by linus.johnson.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 83D282007AD; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 16:28:16 -0900 (AKST) Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87h9jlhmnt.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:108401 Archived-At: * Emanuel Berg [151213 16:08]: > Tim Johnson writes: > > > 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. > > Perhaps you should tell them about it. Even tho > I don't like the idea in principle the idea is in line > with the general idea. So people who like the general > idea should also like such an addition. > > > I will think about this for a while, and probably > > repost with a better subject line. thnx > > There is always the option of not shutting down your > computer. Then you get a lot of uptime(1) to show off. > The Raspberry Pi is perfectly capable of doing editing > with Emacs. It doesn't make a sound (no fan for the > HD) so you might as well just leave it on. It will > solve the register problem without a single line > of Elisp. I've written my own system that works with multiple .desktop files which handle multiple projects, for me it is not an issue of uptime, it's about switching projects... Furthermore, a flask project (as one example, could have two dozen or more source files). BTW: I've settled on emacs as an alternative to vim, which I've used for projects for many years. Vim restores window layouts quite easily. Vim uses TABS, but I think the usage of registers for window layouts (including saving and retrieving them) could trump the use of tabs and in the long run make things easier to manage. -- Tim http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com