Re: Preserving window layout (follow up)

[Matthew Calhoun]

Sure. Here it is:

(defun lock-window ()
  "Prevent Emacs from messing with the current window."
  (interactive)
  (set-window-dedicated-p (frame-selected-window) t)
  (message "Locked window."))

(defun ide ()
  "Set up a simple IDE-like environment."
  (interactive)
  (split-window-vertically -8)
  (other-window 1)
  (shell)
  (lock-window)
  (other-window 1)
  (split-window-horizontally)
  ; Make sure we can get back here if our setup somehow gets messed up 
(use 'C-x r j i')
  (window-configuration-to-register ?i)
  (message "IDE initialized. Use 'C-x r j i' to return to this window 
configuration."))

El Monday, 16 June, 2003, a las 04:06  PM, 
help-gnu-emacs-request@gnu.org escribió:

> Hey Matthew,
>
>   please send me this function ... ;-)
>
> -- Robert
>
> "Matthew Calhoun" <calhounm@mac.com> wrote in message 
> news:mailman.7740.1055367556.21513.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org...

> Thanks for all the suggestions. I found a really helpful function that
> I'm surprised nobody mentioned, though: set-window-dedicated-p prevents
> Emacs from messing with a particular window. I wound up writing a small
> function that sets up my windows as described, calls this function for
> the shell window, and then calls the window-configuration-to-register
> function that Johan mentioned. Seems to work pretty well.
>
> Thanks again,
> Matt
>
> El Saturday, 7 June, 2003, a las 02:16  PM, Johan Bockgård escribió:
>
> > Matthew Calhoun <calhounm@mac.com> 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")