Questions tagged [desktop]
For questions related to saving and restoring Emacs session data with `desktop-save-mode` and related functions.
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desktop-save-mode fails to save window layout
I use Emacs 24.5.1 on OS X in terminal mode.
I intend to use desktop-save-mode to save and restore window layout (i.e. positions of buffer windows) upon exiting and starting Emacs.
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Handle stale desktop lock files after emacs/system crash
If Emacs or the system crashes when desktop-save-mode is active, Emacs leaves a stale desktop lock file. The next time the desktop is loaded (from another Emacs process ID), loading is interrupted ...
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Using desktop-mode with Emacs Daemon
I am using emacs 24.3 (ubuntu 14.10) and would like the daemon to participate in the graphical desktop session lifecycle while using desktop-mode. I went through http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/...
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Remembering history between sessions in Inferior Emacs Lisp Mode
I can't make Emacs remember the history for *ielm* buffers between sessions. As far as I can tell, such history is recorded in the buffer-local variable comint-input-ring. Therefore I have added the ...
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Emacs desktop-save-mode - only save desktop when previous desktop was fully restored
I have the following in my .emacs:
(desktop-save-mode 1)
(setq desktop-restore-eager 10)
(setq desktop-save t)
Often I have a lot of buffers open (100 or so), then this really helps - as emacs is ...
