annotate admin/README @ 50507:110c0e29159c

Handle multiple desktop files in different dirs. Other cleanups. Command line option --no-desktop introduced. (desktop-read): Record buffers in the desktop file in the same order as that in the buffer list, (desktop-save): Put buffers in the order given in desktop file, regardless of what handlers do. (desktop-file-version): New variable. Version number of desktop file format. (desktop-create-buffer-form): Variable deleted. (desktop-save): New customizable variable. (desktop-kill): Changed to use `desktop-save'. (desktop-file-name-format): New option: format in which desktop file names should be saved. (desktop-file-name): New function to convert a filename to the format specified in `desktop-file-name-format'. (desktop-create-buffer): Parameters renamed to descriptive systematic names. These parameters are visible to handlers. Renames: ver -> desktop-file-version mim -> desktop-buffer-minor-modes pt -> desktop-buffer-point mk -> desktop-buffer-mark ro -> desktop-buffer-read-only locals -> desktop-buffer-locals (desktop-buffer-major-mode, desktop-buffer-file-name) (desktop-buffer-name): Unused customizable variables deleted. (desktop-buffer-misc): Unused variable deleted. (desktop-save, desktop-buffer-dired-misc-data): Use `desktop-file-name'. (desktop-path): New customizable variable. List of directories in which to lookup the desktop file. Replaces hardcoded list. (desktop-globals-to-clear): New variable replaces hardcoded list. (desktop-clear-preserve-buffers-regexp): New customizable variable. (desktop-after-read-hook): New hook run after a desktop is read. (desktop-no-desktop-file-hook): New hook when no desktop file found. (desktop-change-dir): New function. (desktop-save-in-load-dir): New function. Save desktop in directory from witch it was loaded. (desktop-revert): New function. Revert to the last loaded desktop.

This directory contains scripts and other things useful for developing
and maintaining Emacs.  These files are not part of Emacs releases
because they are not deemed generally useful, and you have to know
what you do when using them.

Brief description of scripts found here:

admin.el		utilities for setting version numbers and alike
alloc-color.c		a utility program that allocates a given number of
			colors on X.  Can be used to debug Emacs with
			dense colormaps (PseudoColor).
build-configs		build Emacs in various configurations
check-doc-strings	check doc strings against documentation
cus-test.el		tests for custom types and load problems
diff-tar-files		show files added/removed between two tar files
make-emacs		build Emacs in various ways
make-tarball.txt	instructions to create pretest or release tarballs
quick-install-emacs	install emacs quickly (`incrementally')
revdiff			get CVS diffs of files