Every time I open up Emacs I tend to set up 3 windows by doing C-x 3 (split-window-right) and then C-x2 (split-window-below). After that I have to switch to each window to open the files I want to edit.
How can I set this to be done automatically?
Is there a way to have Emacs recover the same screen organization (windows and files) from last use?
Since Emacs 24.4, you can use desktop-save-mode. It's been part of Emacs for ages, but the window layout is only saved and restored since version 24.4.
Just add this line in your init file:
(desktop-save-mode 1)
desktop-save-mode. Window layout refers to how many windows are currently displayed and how they are positioned. desktop-save-mode does not preserve this layout.
You can use workgroups2 to manage your desktop. From the README on GitHub:
Workgroups is a session manager for Emacs.
- It saves all your opened buffers, their location and sizes on disk to restore later
- You can create several workspaces
You can also restore such buffers as: org-agenda, shell, magit-status, help.
If you have the MELPA repository enabled, you can install this package via M-x package-install RET workgroups2 RET.
The basic setup is:
(require 'workgroups2)
(workgroups-mode 1) ; This should go at the end of your init file
When you restart Emacs for the first time after adding this code to your init file, workgroups2 will automatically create a workgroup for you. You can verify that this was successful by checking the *Messages* buffer for the following information:
Workgroups Mode: on
Switched: First workgroup
Created: First workgroup ( -<{ 0: First workgroup }>- )
From this point on, Emacs will save the current configuration of windows and files automatically on exit, and restore it the next time it starts.
write a function close to that one in your init file, you will probably have to modify it a little bit to fit your needs:
;; layout definition
(defun my-startup-layout ()
(interactive)
(delete-other-windows)
(split-window-horizontally) ;; -> |
(next-multiframe-window)
(find-file "~/.emacs.d/init.el")
(split-window-vertically) ;; -> --
(next-multiframe-window)
(find-file "~/.emacs.d/init_settings.el")
(next-multiframe-window)
(dired "~")
)
;; execute the layout
(my-startup-layout )
is there a way to have Emacs recover the same screen organization (windows and files) from last use?
You should have a look at the layout package
I've been using something modeled after sanityinc's .emacs.d.
It uses desktop-save-mode, and also is smart enough to use frame-restore on older versions emacs.
From the readme for frame-restore from package-list-packages:
Save and restore parameters of Emacs frames.
Just call
frame-restore' in yourinit.el':(frame-restore-mode)
Note that since r113242 the built-in Desktop Save mode will restore frames. If you are using a Emacs snapshot build later than this revision, you are strongly advised to use Desktop Save mode instead:
(desktop-save-mode)
Frame Restore mode will display a bold warning if enabled in an Emacs build whose Desktop Save mode can restore frames.
