On Wednesday 10 February 2016 09:24:41 Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 February 2016 02:54:50 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 10. Februar 2016 schrieb Gene Heskett:
> > > On Tuesday 09 February 2016 18:34:28 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > > > On Tuesday 09 February 2016 23:10:08 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > > On Tuesday 09 February 2016 14:36:21 Nick Leverton wrote:
> > > > > > In article <201602091426.58790.gheskett@...>,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gene Heskett  <trinity-users@...> wrote:
> > > > > > >On Tuesday 09 February 2016 13:54:21 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
> > > > > > > wrote: [...]
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> Hi Gene!
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Last time I used saved sessions to restore my workspace
> > > > > > >> after login, it worked flawless - but that's been more than
> > > > > > >> a year ago. But I also rember, I had to use "start with
> > > > > > >> empty session" temporarily (for one or two reboots) to get
> > > > > > >> rid of some hikups.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Nik
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >And where is that option? I don't recall seeing it when I
> > > > > > > walked thru it earler today. Are my cataracts getting that
> > > > > > > bad? :(
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In Control centre, it's in TDE Components / Session Manager.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Nick
> > > > >
> > > > > Found it, was set for restore.  Which is good but doesn't
> > > > > remember the workspace the restored stuff was running on.
> > > > >
> > > > > I note that most of the time, the restored term prompts do show
> > > > > the directory it was sitting in when I restarted it, causing
> > > > > that term & shell to be killed. So its remembering that, but not
> > > > > the workspace.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is that a bug?  Or just hasn't been coded to do yet?
> > > >
> > > > Have you tried Nik's suggestion and turned the restore off for a
> > > > couple of reboots?
> > > >
> > > > Lisi
> > >
> > > No I haven't Lisi.  Does it not store a new list of stuff each time
> > > as it shuts down when that is checked?
> > >
> > > IDK.
> > >
> > > Thanks Lisi.
> > >
> > > Cheers, Gene Heskett
> >
> > Hi Gene!
> >
> > The terminal should be restored on the correct workspace, but sessions
> > are not overwritten, just saved anew. If I recall correctly, the
> > sessions are stored in ~/ .trinity/share/config/session, so you might
> > clean that directory, too. But first start with a clean session.
>
> AKA turn it off, nuke those files in the session directory, restart and
> reconfigure, turn it back on and restart again.
>
> > Nik
>
> looking at those files, I can't see a thing that looks like a workspace #
> specifier.  And they all carry a time stamp from the last restart, and a
> long hashed from the *nix epoche time" extension to the name.  Is there
> documentation on this someplace the "unwashed" can read it?
>
> And yet, kcalc alone is the only one that always re-opens on the same
> workspace it was on so I think its possible. I may play with it once I
> have an eye open simultaneously again.

Why not just _try_, just for - I don't know - for heck's sake - doing 
*exactly* what Nik suggested?  You never know, it might work.

<quote>
I had to use "start with empty session" temporarily (for one or two reboots) 
to get rid of some hikups.
</quote>

Lisi