From: martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>
To: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Annoying window/frame-configuration registers
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:51:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D90D8AC.40306@gmx.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m1pqpb450w.fsf@gmail.com>
> For example, assume I set up Emacs windows/frames for a writing task. I
> like the setup and it takes a few seconds to arrange it. So I save the
> configuration to a register. As I progress with my writing, something
> destroys the window/frame layout. When I restore the layout by C-x r j,
> I find the point move to a surprising spot.
>
> I think the frame/window configuration registers are doing too much by
> restoring point. Any objection to changing that behaviour? Thanks
`jump-to-register' is a command which does
"Move point to location stored in a register."
Your change would keep `point' unaltered which doesn't fit the
description of the function. I would write a new function say
`restore-window-configuration-from-register' and try to find some key
for it.
martin
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-28 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-28 15:51 Annoying window/frame-configuration registers Leo
2011-03-28 18:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2011-03-29 0:37 ` Leo
2011-03-29 0:39 ` Lennart Borgman
2011-03-29 8:34 ` martin rudalics
2011-03-29 9:41 ` joakim
2011-03-29 9:53 ` martin rudalics
2011-03-29 10:52 ` joakim
2011-03-29 13:15 ` martin rudalics
2011-03-28 18:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2011-03-29 0:15 ` Leo
2011-03-29 8:31 ` martin rudalics
2011-03-28 18:51 ` martin rudalics [this message]
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