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: bug#9105: Feature req: Remembering emacs frames, windows, buffer position to subsequent session Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:26:27 -0400 Message-ID: <4E241863.2070901@mousecar.com> References: <20110716204736.5d3e63ef@chaostal.de> <87ei1qqawk.wl%v.plechinger@gmail.com> <20110717013918.7fd31f15@chaostal.de> <4E226E0A.6010601@mousecar.com> <87oc0sk036.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Reply-To: gebser@mousecar.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310988741 25826 80.91.229.12 (18 Jul 2011 11:32:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:32:21 +0000 (UTC) To: Juri Linkov , GNU Emacs List Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 18 13:32:15 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 1Qim3a-0003LE-9x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:32:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42319 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qim3Y-0006zZ-Ve for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:32:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:57987) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QilyJ-0006Ab-4c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:26:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QilyH-0005D6-PA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:26:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.194]:49684) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QilyH-0005Cu-Ay for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:26:45 -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 0MNqOx-1QqAtR3TmV-007esA; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 07:26:42 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (X11/20110622) In-Reply-To: <87oc0sk036.fsf@mail.jurta.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 OpenPGP: id=5AD091E7 X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:TUSXq2z8vNeLjTsyBPXHkl2sTXP3DncKnw0yk6XzUVW ZXmArTj7mL0wrAb80gQj8Sa6VHytLr4RxjtrmXfKFT3qa07Ymf Y3aXHqxCD0JhMrz5MHhhnBGhZIb0hEo4sy4IlRwP3IOvsSahx6 c9vWBZxKtJcmBEzKsot3Vd+NvYM7sb/70fPXG/6tGTzS74Kn9n 5yIuuvZqr4bBZQGd7xtDLbLxCuaVlXvap+GvttaT58= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 74.208.4.194 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:81654 Archived-At: On 07/17/2011 06:54 PM Juri Linkov wrote: >> 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 two, four, or more >> different viewports. Accurately positioning all of them in the correct >> viewports would constitute a thorough recreation of the previous session. > > Do you know what commands can move Emacs frames to different viewports? AFAIK this is done by window manager commands. In gnome, where they're called "workspaces", left-clicking on the top border brings up a pop-up menu where the viewport can be selected. Used to be, you could drag windows from one viewport to another. I don't know why that feature has been removed, but it has.