Saving Window and Frame Configurations in Registers
You can save the window configuration of the selected frame in a register, or even the configuration of all windows in all frames, and restore the configuration later. Window Convenience, for information about window configurations.
- C-x r w r
- Save the state of the selected frame's windows in register r (
window-configuration-to-register). - C-x r f r
- Save the state of all frames, including all their windows (a.k.a. frameset), in register r (
frameset-to-register).
Use C-x r j /r/ to restore a window or frame configuration. This is the same command used to restore a cursor position. When you restore a frame configuration, any existing frames not included in the configuration become invisible. If you wish to delete these frames instead, use C-u C-x r j /r/.