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Re: desktop-restore-frames


From: martin rudalics
Subject: Re: desktop-restore-frames
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:11:42 +0200

> Well, yes, sure (one, or two if using a minibufferless /
> minibuffer-only setup). But my point is that desktop-clear allows the
> user to set up buffers s/he doesn't want to "clear", so perhaps it
> makes sense todo the same with frames. OTOH, perhaps not, and just
> going for the easy kill-them-all, Simon de Monfort's style.

Every buffer must have a name.  Naming frames is less convenient so I'd
use the kill-them-all approach.

>> I suppose we want to make sure the window selected when saving should be
>> selected after restoring (unless it's a minibuffer window).
>
> Yes.

So the selected frame is that window's frame.

>> It has the advantage that we can save "something like" registered frame
>> configurations to disk and read them back.
>
> That, and also that it restores "dead" frames.

Which is a considerably advantage.

martin



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