Re: How to pickle split window?

[jpkotta <jpkotta@gmail.com>]

On Friday, March 8, 2013 5:32:17 AM UTC-6, Haines Brown wrote:
> I normally run emacs with split windows and so have 
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>    (split-window-horizontally)
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> in its initialization file. However, I periodically interrupt work
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> to run M-x gnus. When I close gnus, I am not returned to a split window,
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> but to a single window. 
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> What can I do to return to the split window that displays my prior state
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> automatically after closing gnus without having to do an emacs reload
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> command with:
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>   ;; Enable M-x reload
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>   (defun reload () "Reloads .emacs interactively."
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>     (interactive)
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>     (load "~/.emacs"))
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> Haines Brown

C-x r w <letter> saves the window configuration to the register specified with <letter> (e.g. "a" or "z").  C-x r j <letter> restores the window config stored in register <letter>.  

There are many packages that save window configurations, see http://emacswiki.org/emacs/CategoryWindows#toc4.  I like workgroups.el.