Re: Emacs Lisp Q: Switch Emacs Frame Between Current/Original FVWM Desktop?

[floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson)]

Edward <edward.dodge@gmail.com> wrote:
>I recently realized you can send Elisp commands to an Emacs session
>(with a running server) using the following shell command:
>
>emacsclient -n -e "(iconify-or-deiconify-frame)"
>
>It's nice to be able to iconify or deiconify Emacs from the command
>line by setting the above command to an easy-to-type alias,  but I'd
>really like to do something a little more useful.  I want to bring
>Emacs to my current FVWM2 desktop and then send it back to its
>original desktop when I'm done,  something like (thisdesktop-or-
>thatdesktop-frame).  Anyone know a nice,   elegant way to accomplish
>this?  Thanks in advance.

Do you really want to do that?

Why not simply run the server unmapped (or iconified),
and configure the clients to run with their own X
window.  Each will have access to all buffers, they can
all be left running, and you have an editor everywhere
and anywhere that you need it.

(I do that with XEmacs, and I'm sure that Emacs works
exactly the same way.  I can't quite imagine moving one
editor window from desktop to desktop, if for no other
reason than it would always have the wrong buffer
displayed!)

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Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)              floyd@apaflo.com