On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 6:40 AM Lars Ingebrigtsen <
larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> It sounds like we should perhaps refer users to the C-x r f a command
> instead...
Currently, the function assigned to the C-x r map to save a frameset saves all the frames, so in some uses, saving and restoring the window configuration (which affects just one frame) is faster and cleaner. Also, restoring a frameset not only restores the window configuration, but also position on the screen.
Of course, it would be possible to add another command, or a prefix parameter, to frameset-to-register, to save just the selected frame, and to restore the frameset without moving the frame.
> But in any case, desktop.el probably shouldn't be saving
> these useless window configuration registers.
Definitely. It's wasted space and time, and does not serve any useful purpose.
FWIW, I agree. Documenting the issue and filtering out the window-configurations on desktop save seems like the easier answer right now. Don't think it's really a very urgent or frequent issue.