winner-mode with emacs-daemon: Store layouts between sessions of
emacsclient
reddit / emacs

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wWA5RnA4n2P3w2WvfHq · 2022-04-07 11:31

I use Emacs 27 as daemon with [`winner-mode`](http://www.gnu.org/softw
are/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Window-Convenience.html#index-
winner_002dmode).

It works well in an `emacsclient` session. But when I close that
session after starting `emacsclient` again `winner-mode` has forgotten
all layouts.

"No further window configuration undo information" is the message.

I would assume this should work because the `winner-mode` runs in the
context of the still running daemon and client.

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7890yuiop · 2022-04-07 11:53

`winner-mode` tracks window configuration changes on a per-frame
basis.

If you destroy an emacsclient frame then that information is gone.
When you create a new client frame, that is distinct from the old
frame.

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arthurno1 · 2022-04-08 11:53

I almost never close emacsclient, I just minimize it or push it back
in the window stack if I have to. Anyway, try with tags. Emacs 27 has
got tags which acts more like workspaces. I don't use tags myself, but
have it on my list to start using them exactly for this scenario.

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oantolin · 2022-04-08 13:40

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