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27.2; desktop-save-mode fails to restore frame and window config

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From: Mark Jamsek <mark <at> bsdbox.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 54140 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54140: 27.2; desktop-save-mode fails to restore frame and window config
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 20:39:21 +1100

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> On 25 Feb 2022, at 7:02 pm, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
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>> From: Mark Jamsek <mark <at> bsdbox.org>
>> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 13:58:36 +1100
>> Cc: 54140 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> Do you know where in the codebase to dig to start debugging this?
> 
> There's no need to debug this: this is the expected behavior on TTY
> frames

Is this documented; if not, would a patch to this effect be accepted?

> see desktop-restoring-frameset-p.  We deliberately don't
> restore the frameset on text-mode displays.  For the reasons, see
> bug#17693.

I had a cursory look but don’t quite understand why that precludes desktop-save-mode from working with Emacs in the terminal. If you save an -nw session, you’d have no graphical frames to restore when starting an -nw session. I’ll read the thread in its entirety when back in front of the kb.

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