Re: info-find-source

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2018-01-14, at 23:30, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:

> To a lessor extend I sometimes use frames.  I sometimes use frames
> when I must take a high priority interrupt and do something else for a
> while and want to save the window state of what I was doing and then
> return exactly to it.  Yes this also works in the text terminal too.
> First use 'C-x 5 2' to open a new frame.  Do whatever.  Then use 'C-x
> 5 o' to swap between frames.  Use 'C-x 5 1' to select the current
> frame as the only one and close other frames collapsing back to the
> one you are in only to clean up.  There is something that annoys me
> about using frames though.  I'll ask that separately when I have time
> to discuss it.

That's what I do, too, ut keep in mind that you can also save window
configurations in registers.

(info "(emacs) Configuration Registers")

Best,

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Marcin Borkowski