From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: desktop-save problems
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 23:02:39 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83poqh8fxc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57869B44.7050907@mousecar.com> (message from ken on Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:49:24 -0400)
> From: ken <gebser@mousecar.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:49:24 -0400
>
> > The way I do it is turn on desktop-save-mode, then Emacs will save the
> > desktop when I exit automatically.
>
> This means that the desktop isn't saved when the system crashes, e.g.,
> the power suddenly goes out, yes?
If this is frequent enough, you can save manually at strategic times.
> Also, in my emacs (24.3.1) I'm always prompted for the directory to save
> the desktop in. Is there a way to specify one directory where the
> desktop is saved so I don't have this prompt come up?
It doesn't prompt me, it uses the ~/.emacs.d/ directory by default;
the directory from which the desktop was read overrides that. I'm
never asked any such questions. Something is wrong with your setup.
> >> Second, is there a way for "desktop-save" to be run programmatically
> >> whenever I open a new file/buffer or kill a buffer?
> > In a new enough version of Emacs, the desktop is periodically saved
> > even when no buffer is killed.
>
> Which version is "new enough"?
24.4 and later.
> Also, wouldn't it make more sense for desktop-save to work when file or
> buffer is opened or closed?
Since we now save periodically, we don't need to resolve this dilemma.
> >> *Third, when I use tramp to open a buffer from a remote machine and then
> >> do "desktop-save" etc., that buffer name is written into the session
> >> file after "(setq file-name-history" but not under ";; Buffer section";
> >> that is, it isn't given a "(desktop-create-buffer" section in the
> >> session file. Consequently, when I next time start emacs, none of the
> >> buffers opened with tramp previous session are opened.
> > Please report this as a bug with a recipe starting from "emacs -Q",
> > and all the relevant details.
>
> Did this.
Thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-13 20:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-14 22:40 desktop-save problems ken
2016-06-15 15:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-13 19:49 ` ken
2016-07-13 20:02 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-07-13 22:24 ` ken
2016-07-14 2:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-07-14 11:30 ` ken
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