I am a writer. I use Emacs and LaTeX markup on a Debian/XFCE system. On a typical day, I have in progress three or four articles. I may work for several days on a given article.
Each article is in a separate XFCE workspace. The text for each article resides in its own directory. For each article, I keep open an instance of emacs, a terminal window from which I execute latex and xdvi, and the xdvi window. When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the computer. The next morning, the first order of business is to recreate the previous working environment or ``session.'' For each article, this entails: (1) Click on the appropriate workspace button. (2) Open an instance of emacs. (3) In the emacs window, use the mouse to click on the icon to resize the window. (4) In emacs, open the file in the document directory. (5) Open a terminal window. (6) In the terminal window, use the mouse to click on the icon to resize the window. (7) In the terminal, cd to the document directory. (8) In the terminal, execute ``xdiv ... &'' to display the document. I would like write a script to automate the process, so that I need only boot the computer and type RESUME; but my efforts have been unsuccessful. RLH
