Re: How to restore the layout?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stephen Leake <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:29:31 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> I would consider it a serious bug if Emacs did not restore frame
> >> positions in "restore desktop".
> >
> > So do you also consider it a "serious bug" when today's desktop fails
> > to restore buffers, because their files disappeared or moved?
> 
> No, moving or deleting those files outside Emacs is a user action, so
> the user should expect that.

So is invoking Emacs from a different display.  Also, files could
disappear due to reasons other than user actions.

> On the other hand, I carefully set up my Emacs frame config, so I expect
> it to be restored when I save and restore the desktop.

That wasn't the issue.  The issue was whether it would be fatal if we
tried to restore, but failed.  Like with buffers whose files
disappeared.