From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Saving window config using desktop globals Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:47:41 +0100 Message-ID: <87io42hsoi.fsf@debian.uxu> References: <20151213193050.GA3346@mail.akwebsoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450046899 24548 80.91.229.3 (13 Dec 2015 22:48:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 22:48:19 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 13 23:48:10 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a8FR3-0002tf-7z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:48:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56864 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8FR2-00063l-AW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:48:08 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41780) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8FQr-00063I-02 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:47:57 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8FQn-0003Pb-PS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:47:56 -0500 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:59938) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8FQn-0003OJ-J6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:47:53 -0500 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a8FQl-0002JV-1C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:47:51 +0100 Original-Received: from nl106-137-244.student.uu.se ([130.243.137.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:47:50 +0100 Original-Received: from embe8573 by nl106-137-244.student.uu.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 13 Dec 2015 23:47:50 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 51 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: nl106-137-244.student.uu.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/EV+S+JDpzU8/B/NyqTkua6g3wo= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 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:108389 Archived-At: Tim Johnson writes: > I use the following method (add-to-list > 'desktop-globals-to-save 'current-project-directory) > (add-to-list 'desktop-globals-to-save 'kill-ring) to > save certain variables. > > How may I extend this method to save and retrieve my > window configuration? It is much easier to understand what you mean and thus give help if you don't describe the problem in terms of technology, but rather from a human POV - what is it, that you want to do, that you cannot? In what situation will it solve what problem? Etc. This is one easy way to store and load one window configuration. I never found much use for it, but it works, so perhaps it can be useful to you. If you use it interactively with no prefix argument (i.e., just M-x RET) then that should provide basic functionality. More advanced usage than that, tho possible in principle, I don't see how that won't get out of hands before anything good can be riped. What I recommend are even more simple functions that will take you to specific buffers, or instances thereof, for example the one *Article* buffer, and then shortcuts to those commands (the below will benefit from shortcuts as well, as always). But it is your call. Anyway: (defvar *default-window-configuration-register* ?0) (defun save-window-configuration (&optional register) (interactive "P") (window-configuration-to-register (or register *default-window-configuration-register* ))) (defun restore-window-configuration (&optional register) (interactive "P") (jump-to-register (or register *default-window-configuration-register* ))) -- underground experts united http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573