Re: About desktop file

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Angelo Graziosi <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 22:13:25 +0200
> 
> > Maybe you changed the font outside the Emacs session, just by editing
> > the init.el file?  In that case, you should change the font inside the
> > session, and then save the desktop, then the information in the
> > desktop file will be updated for the next restart.
> 
> No no no. I didn't change anything. This is a recipe:
> 
> Save you current ~/.emacs.d folder then create an empty one:
> 
> mkdir .emacs.d
> 
> and put there this init.el file
> 
> $ cat init.el
> 
> (set-face-attribute 'default nil :font "Source Code Pro 13" )
> (set-frame-font "Source Code Pro 13" nil t)
> 
> ;; Instead of saving on ~/.emacs.desktop
> (setq desktop-base-file-name "~/.emacs.d/desktop")
> 
> ;; Instead of saving on ~/.emacs.desktop.lock
> (setq desktop-base-lock-name "~/.emacs.d/desktop.lock")
> 
> ;; Save desktop
> (desktop-save-mode 1)
> 
> 
> Now start Emacs and visit, for example, init.el. Quit Emacs saving the 
> desktop.
> 
> Restart Emacs. It reload init.el and the font used is right, Source Code 
> Pro. This is confirmed in Options | Set default font.
> 
> Now, in the init.el file, change "Source Code Pro 13" with, for example, 
> "Lucida Console 13". Quit Emacs. Restart Emacs. It reload init.el but 
> displays it with "Source Code Pro" NOT with the font we have set in the 
> init.el file, and Options | Set default font still shows it is using 
> Source Code Pro. I would expect the buffer is rendered with the font we 
> have set in the init.el file.

That's exactly what I meant, sorry for not making it more clear.

> My opinion is that desktop file should not register this information, 
> the font used should be always what is set in the initialization file.. 
> otherwise why it is called "initialization" file?

Does Martin's advice give you what you want?  I think different users
will have different expectations regarding what frame parameters of
existing frames should be restored, so customization is the right way
of fitting this to your needs.