From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ken Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Remember window config Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:02:04 -0400 Message-ID: <4E225EBC.2060004@mousecar.com> References: <20110716204736.5d3e63ef@chaostal.de> <87ei1qqawk.wl%v.plechinger@gmail.com> <20110717013918.7fd31f15@chaostal.de> Reply-To: gebser@mousecar.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310875425 31446 80.91.229.12 (17 Jul 2011 04:03:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:03:45 +0000 (UTC) To: GNU Emacs List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 17 06:03:41 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QiIZx-0000Z1-M1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:03:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58757 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QiIZw-0005rM-Lj for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:03:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48722) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QiIYj-0005r2-6X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:02:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QiIYi-00032u-E1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:02:25 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.195]:58319) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QiIYi-00032f-8c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:02:24 -0400 Original-Received: from dellap.mousecar.net (dsl093-011-016.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.11.16]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0M5d5s-1Rfjjm34n2-00xQUj; Sun, 17 Jul 2011 00:02:22 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20110622) In-Reply-To: <20110717013918.7fd31f15@chaostal.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 OpenPGP: id=5AD091E7 X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:hMNrZoA3f+n3Iaz6T1hat0N3QqM5YrA8fV0y3EOAK5E W11Wa6uWwTVSRcPiEUcWDN2KEfoXwkXPbBa4O6/vSBGxKNldRX m5i6ybp3tZ7UR7Lz4E2GfxBkD+rvlEapHJBEm6AmsfH43IGzR+ uzcZr401f6Fe1HrJkdxwmLonbAjsnS/hnDVCAkWYH39VG3CUra OrKLLjUjq4NRI9yo5fm4dP6IuMqXDLfeFGIIgKI5Do= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 74.208.4.195 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:81620 Archived-At: Often I'll have five or more frames open, some split vertically, perhaps a couple split horizontally, all of them with different files (or "buffers") in them-- though in some instances it's possible to have the same buffer in more than one window or frame. When I close emacs down and then invoke it again, I'd like to have the same windows come up, split the same way, with the same buffers/files in each frame and window, and even with the frames in the same location onscreen as they were in the prior session. In short, the current session should be set up exactly like the prior session at the time it was closed. Yes, this is asking quite a bit. So I'll add one more thing. In Linux and other OSs employing X it's possible to have multiple viewports (i.e., desktops) and to place any GUI application into any viewport. So it's possible that all emacs windows might not be all in the same viewport... six emacs frames could be positioned in four or more different viewports. Accurately positioning all of them in the correct viewports would constitute a thorough recreation of the previous session. Is this what people were going for?