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Re: reload customization


From: Barry Margolin
Subject: Re: reload customization
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 11:43:44 -0500
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In article <8761b8z9zu.fsf@engels.histomat.net>,
 Haines Brown <haines@engels.histomat.net> wrote:

> In my init file I have
> 
>   (defun reload () "Reloads .emacs interactively."
>     (interactive)
>     (load "~/.emacs"))
> 
> The problem is that I also have
> 
>   (split-window-horizontally)
> 
> As things now stand, a reload splits current window so that I end up
> with three. I'd like to have reload instead preserve the two window
> split.

Wrap it with save-window-excursion:

(save-window-excursion
  (load "~/.emacs"))

You should read the caveats in
 
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Window-Configur
ations.html

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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