Re: elisp: set-register

[Kevin Rodgers]

Dan Elliott wrote:
> I am having difficulty understanding the set-register function.  When 
I try:
> (set-register ?p (current-window-configuration))
>
> in a function run by my .emacs file, it does not appear to work, nor 
does it
> appear to cause an error.
>
> I want to set the current window config to 'p'.

,----[ 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.
`----

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Kevin Rodgers