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That could be fixed

That could be fixed

Posted Sep 23, 2008 15:14 UTC (Tue) by rlk (guest, #47505)
In reply to: That could be fixed by shapr
Parent article: LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

The issue isn't just open file buffers:

* Shell buffers (input and output history -- including input and output history of the shell, which isn't quite the same thing as the emacs idea of that)

* Command output buffers and other temporary buffers, including *scratch*

* Files that you're looking at that may get changed behind your back that you deliberately haven't reverted yet.

* The state of the lisp world

Obviously, emacs loses all of this if it crashes, but this in the context of choosing to reboot vs. suspend/resume. I'll take my chances on crashes, and I do save my work, but it's still more efficient to keep a session going as long as possible.


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