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Subject: Re: Use emacs.desktop when starting emacs from a particular directory
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> However, emacs still saves and restores state from the
> ~/.emacs.d/.emacs.desktop file.

AFAICT the code always saves at the same place where it loaded it.
So if it finds and loads ~/.emacs.d/.emacs.desktop, then it will
save there.

maybe try:
- exit Emacs
- mv ~/.emacs.d/.emacs.desktop ~/workspaces/
- start Emacs


        Stefan "I never actually used it, so the above is only based on
                my understanding of what the code seems to do"