I should add that you can run multiple screens, and you easily switch
between them (this is the intended use)

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Jai Dayal <dayalsoap@gmail.com> wrote:

> I think this could be accomplished rather easily with screen (in the
> terminal type "which screen" to see if it's installed).
>
> It will change a few key strokes, but nothing major.
>
> Good thing is about screen, is when you're disconnected, you can ssh back
> in and re-attach to the screen and everything is there.
>
>
> http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/cd/soft/epics/extensions/iocConsole/screen.1.html
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Perry Smith <pedzsan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I do customer support and I shift from one problem to another problem and
>> then back to the first problem.
>>
>> Is it possible to save the current state of emacs which includes the
>> buffers in particular and maybe the "register" values (when I do
>> point-to-register) to a file.  Then clear the state, work on a new problem,
>> save the new state at that time.  Then be able to go back and restore the
>> first state?
>>
>> Utopia would each of these states to be saved in its own individual file.
>>
>> I've been told of a packaged named "windows" that does this but I can't
>> find it because the name gets too many hits.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> pedz
>>
>>
>>
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