From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jai Dayal Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Saving State Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 11:43:02 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016367b60040d82fc04ac5bce7b X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1315410232 15008 80.91.229.12 (7 Sep 2011 15:43:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:43:52 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs List To: Perry Smith Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 07 17:43:48 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R1KHz-0004YL-Ox for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:43:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39819 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1KHz-0003Hb-2Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:43:47 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:44479) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1KHm-0003GZ-K4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:43:42 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1KHg-0003oT-Tn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:43:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wy0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:38238) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R1KHg-0003o9-PA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:43:28 -0400 Original-Received: by wyi11 with SMTP id 11so6353516wyi.0 for ; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:43:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=KPeVRhfRCoMgFvzbj3bCNQWV2zdWLmtGNKIofr7UP1I=; b=TI1HznpMnuAtGxd4krIguuUUNLrOrvcJ96K8CNfRcVWisiETctvSvgP9iJLL4+UtFf 7+WC+NXELHf5+M9/I3fvzd/C0S4ovOpuT3FLbA+mtrbmF1CBLrN/6RFW1iHB9Gqcs5rL f+1YTGITOGfV8G5Nl0Gto2D87wxxN3NfWciuQ= Original-Received: by 10.216.172.198 with SMTP id t48mr1009293wel.79.1315410205835; Wed, 07 Sep 2011 08:43:25 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.216.18.201 with HTTP; Wed, 7 Sep 2011 08:43:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 74.125.82.169 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:82180 Archived-At: --0016367b60040d82fc04ac5bce7b Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 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 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 >> >> >> > --0016367b60040d82fc04ac5bce7b Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I should add that you can run multiple screens, and you easily switch betwe= en 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 e= asily 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 S= mith <pedzsan@gmail.com> wrote:
I do customer support and I shift from one p= roblem to another problem and then back to the first problem.

Is it possible to save the current state of emacs which includes the buffer= s in particular and maybe the "register" values (when I do point-= to-register) to a file. =A0Then clear the state, work on a new problem, sav= e the new state at that time. =A0Then be able to go back and restore the fi= rst 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 b= ut I can't find it because the name gets too many hits.

Thank you,
pedz




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