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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: anhnmncb <anhnmncb@sina.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [feature request] A lock function.
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:00:34 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvmyfpj0g8.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87skpjnfo3.fsf@sina.com> (anhnmncb@sina.com's message of "Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:02:20 +0800")

>>> But I want some one can still use my computer, just not touch my emacs.
>> That's what user accounts are for.  Even Windows has those things
>> nowadays, IIUC.  And if yours doesn't, it's a great opportunity to
>> upgrade to the Free world.
> Yes, but I don't want to logout, and maybe in some case I have to be
> away in a harry and forgot to logout.

At least under GNU/Linux, this is not a problem, you can have several
accounts logged in at the same time.

> Thank you all of you that provides many other ways, but I want one in
> emacs, is it hard to implement?

Maybe another (more generally useful) question is "how can I save
Emacs's state to a file so I can return to it later".  I.e. an extension
of desktop.el to include yet more state.


        Stefan




  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-11-24  3:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-11-22 11:12 [feature request] A lock function anhnmncb
2008-11-22 12:22 ` anhnmncb
2008-11-23  3:54   ` Stefan Monnier
2008-11-23  6:02     ` anhnmncb
2008-11-23  6:27       ` Gilaras Drakeson
2008-11-23  8:54         ` anhnmncb
2008-11-24  0:09           ` Davis Herring
2008-11-24  2:30             ` anhnmncb
2008-11-24  4:43               ` mail
2008-11-24  3:00       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2008-11-24 20:27         ` Eli Zaretskii

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