[Conkeror] [PATCH] Session management: restore saved buffers from a JSON file.

[Vyazovoi Pavel]

At Thu,  4 Sep 2008 13:55:59 +0100,
David House wrote:

Good job! Thanks, but...
After patching latest git revision - conkeror don't start without any errors.

> 
> This is the first round of session management support. It's not
> feature-complete, and it's not bug free, but it's just about useful, so I
> thought it was about time to ship some code. To restore the buffers at startup
> that were open last time (in the correct windows), add the following line to
> your RC file:
> 
>   restore_session();
> 
> You can also use M-x restore-session at any time to load the stored buffers
> (this does nothing to your currently-open buffers). At the moment, the following
> restrictions are in place:
> 
> 1. You must use conkeror -batch to start conkeror, otherwise you will get an
>    additional window containing the homepage.
> 2. By virtue of the above, opening conkeror via a remoting function (i.e.
>    clicking on a link in some other application to start conkeror) will open
>    your saved buffers and the new buffer in different windows.
> 3. You must quit conkeror using C-x C-c, rather than through your window
>    manager, if you want the session to be saved.
> 
> Work to be done:
> 
> 1. Refactor the new modules/json.js to use modules/io.js.
> 2. Get rid of the code duplication in modules/buffers.js by making
>    modules/window.js aware of which windows aren't fully initialised.
> 3. Resolve the above restrictions
> 4. Add additional features: at a minimum I think we should also save buffer
>    history (so that `go-back' will work on restored buffers) and minibuffer
>    history.
> ---
>  components/application.js               |    2 +
>  defaults/preferences/default-modules.js |    2 +
>  modules/buffer.js                       |   40 +++++++++++++++
>  modules/json.js                         |   66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  modules/session.js                      |   81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  modules/window.js                       |   25 +++++----
>  6 files changed, 205 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 modules/json.js
>  create mode 100644 modules/session.js
> 
> diff --git a/components/application.js b/components/application.js
> ...