Re: some commands should save window configuration

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From: Barry A. Warsaw
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 21:42

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>>>>> "Jonathan" == Jonathan R. Ferro <jf41> writes:

    Jonathan> I like emacs' ability to start some feature and keep it
    Jonathan> readily available over the course of an entire session
    Jonathan> through judicious use of "C-x b".  If there's one thing
    Jonathan> I can NOT stand it's emacs features that "help" me when
    Jonathan> I finally quit by putting me back in the window
    Jonathan> configuration I was in OVER THREE HOURS AGO.

I agree. One package I've recently downloaded and started to use which
*really* makes buffer management so much better is wicos.el, written
by Heikki Suopanki <suopanki@phoenix.oulu.fi>.  I think this used to
be called screens.el.  Give it a look.  For me its one of those
can't-go-back-or-do-without packages.

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Subject: Re: some commands should save window configuration
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