From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: bojohan+news@dd.chalmers.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?Johan_Bockg=E5rd?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Preserving window layout Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 23:16:44 +0200 Organization: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1055020880 16296 80.91.224.249 (7 Jun 2003 21:21:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 21:21:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jun 07 23:21:18 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Ol6i-0004Bd-00 for ; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 23:20:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Ol7B-0003Yc-Lq for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Jun 2003 17:20:41 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!news.algonet.se!'newsfeed1.telenordia.se'!algonet!newsfeed.sunet.se!news01.sunet.se!dd.chalmers.se!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: helm.dd.chalmers.se Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.2 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:VUFfWVoeVUz/02hgMGSaLuMcmUM= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114277 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10771 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10771 Matthew Calhoun writes: > Sort of a poor man's IDE. The problem is, when I do something like > command-apropos it wreaks havoc on my nice little environment - the > shell buffer grows to take up half of the frame, and the *Apropos* > buffer has taken the place of *shell*. Another approach ,----[ C-h k C-x r w ] | C-x r w runs the command window-configuration-to-register | which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `register'. | (window-configuration-to-register REGISTER &optional ARG) | | Store the window configuration of the selected frame in register REGISTER. | Use C-x r j to restore the configuration. | Argument is a character, naming the register. `---- (info "(emacs)RegConfig") You might want to bind those to some nice keys. Also see (info "(emacs)Windows") (info "(emacs)Window Convenience") -- The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners. -- Ernst Jan Plugge