Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-14 Thread Stefan Monnier
> If hibernation can work reliably on your system it would seem to meet > your requirement. FWIW, hibernation should usually work "on any system". Usually if it doesn't work it's because the system's boot setup doesn't accommodate it rather than because the hardware (or Linux) doesn't support it.

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-13 Thread Dieter Rohlfing
Am Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:14:53 + schrieb "Russell L. Harris" : >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: Don't close

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 03:16:28 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > I have been using Debian since A.D.2000, but I never have been clear > on the use of suspend and hibernate. If I am going to power-down the > computer, hibernate sounds good; but how do I resume? Reboot as you always do. Hibernate

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 10:40:43PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the computer. Why? I never turn my computer off. Same here, I always just suspend. I wish I had that option. But I live way out in the country, and now and then t

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Stefan Monnier
>>When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the >>computer. Why? I never turn my computer off. Same here, I always just suspend. > I wish I had that option. But I live way out in the country, and now > and then there is a power outage. My computer is running on a UPS,

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Manphiz
"Russell L. Harris" writes: > 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 resi

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 07:10:34PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: Don't do that. ... Noted and now being implemented. Many thanks, Charles. RLH

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 13 Sep 2023 00:14:53 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > For each article, I keep open > an instance of emacs, a terminal window from which I execute latex and > xdvi, and the xdvi window. Don't do that. Open one instance of emacs, then use multiple frames, one (or more) on each workspace

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 08:19:54PM -0400, Larry Martell wrote: On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 8:15 PM Russell L. Harris wrote When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the computer. Why? I never turn my computer off. I wish I had that option. But I live way out in the cou

Re: automate resumption of session

2023-09-12 Thread Larry Martell
On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 8:15 PM Russell L. Harris wrote > When I leave the office for the day, I typically shut down the > computer. > Why? I never turn my computer off.