Re: desktop-restore-frames

[martin rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at>]

 > Well, yes, sure (one, or two if using a minibufferless /
 > minibuffer-only setup). But my point is that desktop-clear allows the
 > user to set up buffers s/he doesn't want to "clear", so perhaps it
 > makes sense todo the same with frames. OTOH, perhaps not, and just
 > going for the easy kill-them-all, Simon de Monfort's style.

Every buffer must have a name.  Naming frames is less convenient so I'd
use the kill-them-all approach.

 >> I suppose we want to make sure the window selected when saving should be
 >> selected after restoring (unless it's a minibuffer window).
 >
 > Yes.

So the selected frame is that window's frame.

 >> It has the advantage that we can save "something like" registered frame
 >> configurations to disk and read them back.
 >
 > That, and also that it restores "dead" frames.

Which is a considerably advantage.

martin