"Russell L. Harris" <russ...@rlharris.org> writes: > I am a writer. I use Emacs and LaTeX markup on a Debian/XFCE system. > On a typical day, I have in progress three or four articles. I may > work for several days on a given article. > > Each article is in a separate XFCE workspace. The text for each > article resides in its own directory. For each article, I keep open > an instance of emacs, a terminal window from which I execute latex and > xdvi, and the xdvi window. > > When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the > computer. The next morning, the first order of business is to > recreate the previous working environment or ``session.'' For each > article, this entails: > > (1) Click on the appropriate workspace button. > > (2) Open an instance of emacs. > > (3) In the emacs window, use the mouse to click on the icon to resize > the window. > > (4) In emacs, open the file in the document directory. > > (5) Open a terminal window. > > (6) In the terminal window, use the mouse to click on the icon to > resize the window. > > (7) In the terminal, cd to the document directory. > > (8) In the terminal, execute ``xdiv ... &'' to display the document. > > I would like write a script to automate the process, so that I need > only boot the computer and type RESUME; but my efforts have been > unsuccessful. > > RLH >
If hibernation can work reliably on your system it would seem to meet your requirement. -- Manphiz
