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: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org