emacsclient -c -n preserve buffers
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dwdwdan · 2022-11-28 14:04

I'm using emacsclient, and i normally invoke it with `emacsclient -c
-n` (via a keyboard shortcut) and then navigate to the file I want to
edit. When I close emacs using my window manager, it kills the
buffers. Is their a way to prevent this? i.e. for the buffers to stay
open? As a slightly unrelated question, is there a way to keep the
layout of buffers when I quit as well?

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georgist · 2022-11-28 14:24

Run emacs as a deamon in the background and then connect to it, your
buffers are still there, yeah you have to open them layout isn't
preserved, someone else can answer that bit.

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dwdwdan · 2022-11-28 14:36

My issue is that it isn’t showing up in the buffer list after I close
and reopen emacsclient, I.e. I can open Emacsclient and navigate to
`.bash_history`, close eMacs, then reopen. There isn’t a buffer in the
helm switch buffer menu listed for `.bash_history`

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georgist · 2022-11-28 14:52

Are you connecting to the daemon or starting a fresh emacs each time?

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dwdwdan · 2022-11-28 14:53

Connected to the daemon.  The daemon starts with my WM. It does have
some org files in the buffer list which I load for my agenda

ETA: could it be that my WM is closing eMacs ‘wrong’ in some way?

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tdavey · 2022-11-28 15:04

As for persisting the buffers and preserving the layout, desktop.el?

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tassleoff · 2022-11-28 22:54

I have the following configuration:

(defconst +session-dir+ (expand-file-name "~/.emacs.d/session/"))

(require 'desktop)
(setq desktop-save t
      desktop-load-locked-desktop t
      desktop-path `(,+session-dir+)
      desktop-dirname +session-dir+
      desktop-base-file-name ".desktop"
      desktop-base-lock-name ".desktop.lock")
(desktop-save-mode t)

;; save history between sessions
(require 'savehist)
(setq history-length 100
      savehist-file (concat +session-dir+ ".history"))
(savehist-mode t)

;; save point between file visits
(require 'saveplace)
(setq save-place-limit 100
      save-place-file (concat +session-dir+ ".point"))
(setq-default save-place t)