RE: [emacs-devel] emacs save/restore state?

[Drew Adams]

> >> Does desktop-save work?
> 
> Thanks!  M-x desktop-save and M-x desktop-read get most of what I
> want. 
> 
> Three things that I noted are missing are (1) a time-ordered list of
> loaded libraries, (2) the kill ring, and (3) the command history.
> The search history is saved, and that is certainly nice.

See also `savehist.el' and option `save-additional-variables'.
Try vars `load-history', `kill-ring', and `command-history'.