Hi Dan, On Mon February 19 2007 18:19, Dan Winship wrote: > Actually, following up on that question, I'd love some slightly more > detailed information about how people use this feature: > > * Do you save your session once, and then resume that same session > over and over again, or do you prefer to save your session on > every logout, and always resume the previous session on your > next login. Or do you use save-session-on-logout sometimes, but > not always? Or do you never use the functionality at all?
I occassionally modify my workspace, but it always includes: - mail client - GAIM - Skype (and now Ekiga) - shell - text editor opened to 'scratchpad.txt' - two Firefox windows (localhost/~user/dev & remote/webmail) - xmms (for streams & downloaded podcasts) Sometimes I need to shutdown when I've got a dozen or more documents open in Quanta+ and/or jEdit and/or OOo and/or alternate browsers. In these cases, not being able to save as much of the session as possible is a major PITA! > * Exactly what sort of "state" are you trying to get it to save > and restore between sessions? Open applications? Open documents? > Window positions? Something else? All of the above. > * Does it work? Or are you thwarted by bugs? In 10.0/GNOME, which was my previous heavily used daily desktop environment, saving sessions worked *except* for Firefox and, I think, jEdit... maybe one other didn't cooperate. Even if some aren't saved/restored properly, having the desktop *mostly* restored still saves a great deal of time. > * Are there any other programs/scripts/hacks you use in connection > with this functionality to make it work better? (And if so, what > exactly do they do, what happens when you don't use them, etc?) > * Have you looked at / used the "Startup Programs" pane of the > Sessions capplet? I've looked at but not used it. It doesn't feel as convenient as a single button click at logout. > Does that seem like a better or worse way to > set up your default session? worse > Why? Requires too much advance planning... I prefer a simple "save as-is now" button at logout. > * Do you have any ideas on how we could present this functionality > that would work better for you than the way it is now? You mean put it back and make it work properly? I'd *love* that! ;-) > Reply either to the list or just to me. Thanks! Done. And thanks a lot for asking! regards, Carl -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
