Subject: bug#51883: 29.0.50; Command to get accidentally deleted frames back

From: Gregory Heytings <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:02:25 +0000

>
> And I solved the problem of the deletion of the terminal frame.
>

That solution wasn't robust enough, it would have failed if someone for 
some reason did a (setq after-init-time nil).  So I implemented something 
that shouldn't fail.

From 2fc329b63b64f2e53c3040c8f5cfd0b1f4667e07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregory Heytings <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:01:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Undelete deleted frames.

* lisp/frame.el (undelete-frame): New command.
(undelete-frame--handle-delete-frame): New auxiliary function.
(undelete-frame--deleted-frames, undelete-frame--enabled): New
auxiliary variables.
(undelete-frame-mode): New minor mode.
(ctl-x-5-map): Bind the new command.

* src/frame.c (Fdelete_frame): Update docstring.

* lisp/menu-bar.el (menu-bar-file-menu): Add an entry for the
new command.

* doc/emacs/frames.tex (Frame Commands): Document the new command
and minor mode.

* etc/NEWS: Document the new command and minor mode.

See bug#51883.
---
 doc/emacs/frames.texi | 10 +++++++
 etc/NEWS              | 11 +++++++
 lisp/frame.el         | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lisp/menu-bar.el      |  5 ++++
 src/frame.c           |  3 ++
 5 files changed, 97 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/emacs/frames.texi b/doc/emacs/frames.texi
index c14ada2957..296b66aa56 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/frames.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/frames.texi
@@ -512,6 +512,16 @@ Frame Commands
 Delete the selected frame (@code{delete-frame}).  This signals an
 error if there is only one frame.
 
+@item C-x 5 u
+@kindex C-x 5 u
+@findex undelete-frame
+@findex undelete-frame-mode
+Unless @code{undelete-frame-mode} is disabled, undelete one of the 16
+most recently deleted frames.  Without a prefix argument, the most
+recently deleted frame is undeleted.  With a numerical prefix argument
+between 0 and 15, where 0 is the most recently deleted frame, the
+corresponding deleted frame is undeleted.
+
 @item C-z
 @kindex C-z @r{(X windows)}
 Minimize (or iconify) the selected Emacs frame
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 312fc18f4f..0217f1fe60 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -130,6 +130,17 @@ For example, a 'display-buffer-alist' entry of
 will make the body of the chosen window 40 columns wide.  For the
 height use 'window-height' in combination with 'body-lines'.
 
+---
+** Frames
+
++++
+*** Deleted frames can now be undeleted.
+The 16 most recently deleted frames can be undeleted with C-x 5 u,
+unless undelete-frame-mode is disabled.  Without a prefix argument,
+undelete the most recently deleted frame.  A numerical prefix argument
+between 0 and 15 undeletes the corresponding deleted frame, where 0 is
+the most recently deleted frame.
+
 ** Better detection of text suspiciously reordered on display.
 The function 'bidi-find-overridden-directionality' has been extended
 to detect reordering effects produced by embeddings and isolates
diff --git a/lisp/frame.el b/lisp/frame.el
index 2c73737a54..1601ed1c44 100644
--- a/lisp/frame.el
+++ b/lisp/frame.el
@@ -2484,6 +2484,73 @@ delete-other-frames
         (if iconify (iconify-frame this) (delete-frame this)))
       (setq this next))))
 
+(eval-when-compile (require 'frameset))
+
+(defvar undelete-frame--deleted-frames nil
+  "Internal variable used by `undelete-frame--handle-delete-frame'.")
+
+(defvar undelete-frame--enabled nil
+  "Internal variable used by `undelete-frame--handle-delete-frame'.")
+
+(defun undelete-frame--handle-delete-frame (frame)
+  "Save the configuration of frames deleted with `delete-frame'.
+Only the 16 most recently deleted frames are saved."
+  (when (and (or undelete-frame--enabled
+                 (and (not (display-graphic-p))
+                      (seq-every-p
+                       (lambda (f) (not (frame-parameter f 'display)))
+                       (frame-list))))
+             (frame-live-p frame))
+    (setq undelete-frame--deleted-frames
+          (cons (cons
+                 (display-graphic-p)
+                 (frameset-save (list frame)))
+                undelete-frame--deleted-frames))
+    (if (> (length undelete-frame--deleted-frames) 16)
+        (setq undelete-frame--deleted-frames
+              (butlast undelete-frame--deleted-frames))))
+  (setq undelete-frame--enabled t))
+
+(define-minor-mode undelete-frame-mode
+  "Enable the `delete-frame' command."
+  :group 'frames
+  :global t
+  :initialize 'custom-initialize-delay
+  :init-value t
+  (if undelete-frame-mode
+      (add-hook 'delete-frame-functions
+                #'undelete-frame--handle-delete-frame)
+    (remove-hook 'delete-frame-functions
+                 #'undelete-frame--handle-delete-frame)
+    (setq undelete-frame--deleted-frames nil)))
+
+(defun undelete-frame (&optional arg)
+  "Undelete a frame deleted with `delete-frame'.
+Without a prefix argument, or with a non-numerical prefix argument,
+undelete the most recently deleted frame.
+With a numerical prefix argument ARG between 0 and 15, where 0 is
+most recently deleted frame, undelete the ARGth deleted frame.
+When called from Lisp, returns the new frame."
+  (interactive "P")
+  (if (not undelete-frame-mode)
+      (message "undelete-frame-mode is disabled")
+    (let* ((frames (frame-list))
+           (n (if (listp arg) 0 arg))
+           (frameset (nth n undelete-frame--deleted-frames)))
+      (if (not frameset)
+          (message "No deleted frame saved at position %d" n)
+        (if (not (eq (display-graphic-p) (car frameset)))
+            (message
+             "Cannot undelete %sgraphic display frame on a %sgraphic display"
+             (if (display-graphic-p) "non-" "")
+             (if (display-graphic-p) "" "non-"))
+          (setq undelete-frame--deleted-frames
+                (delq frameset undelete-frame--deleted-frames))
+          (frameset-restore (cdr frameset))
+          (let ((frame (car (seq-difference (frame-list) frames))))
+            (when frame
+              (select-frame-set-input-focus frame)
+              frame)))))))
 
 ;;; Window dividers.
 (defgroup window-divider nil
@@ -2828,6 +2895,7 @@ ctl-x-5-map
 (define-key ctl-x-5-map "o" #'other-frame)
 (define-key ctl-x-5-map "5" #'other-frame-prefix)
 (define-key ctl-x-5-map "c" #'clone-frame)
+(define-key ctl-x-5-map "u" #'undelete-frame)
 (define-key global-map [f11] #'toggle-frame-fullscreen)
 (define-key global-map [(meta f10)] #'toggle-frame-maximized)
 (define-key esc-map    [f10]        #'toggle-frame-maximized)
diff --git a/lisp/menu-bar.el b/lisp/menu-bar.el
index 1a81f1a3d0..a5f7169355 100644
--- a/lisp/menu-bar.el
+++ b/lisp/menu-bar.el
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ menu-bar-file-menu
       (bindings--define-key menu [separator-tab]
         menu-bar-separator))
 
+    (bindings--define-key menu [undelete-last-deleted-frame]
+      '(menu-item "Undelete Frame" undelete-frame
+                  :enable undelete-frame-mode
+                  :help "Undelete last deleted frame"))
+
     ;; Don't use delete-frame as event name because that is a special
     ;; event.
     (bindings--define-key menu [delete-this-frame]
diff --git a/src/frame.c b/src/frame.c
index 79a7c89e0d..9e11bc93ed 100644
--- a/src/frame.c
+++ b/src/frame.c
@@ -2376,6 +2376,9 @@ DEFUN ("delete-frame", Fdelete_frame, Sdelete_frame, 0, 2, "",
        doc: /* Delete FRAME, permanently eliminating it from use.
 FRAME must be a live frame and defaults to the selected one.
 
+The 16 most recently deleted frames can however be undeleted with
+`undelete-frame', which see.
+
 A frame may not be deleted if its minibuffer serves as surrogate
 minibuffer for another frame.  Normally, you may not delete a frame if
 all other frames are invisible, but if the second optional argument
-- 
2.33.0