I will second this desire. I really like being able to restart Leo and pick up right where I left off. I think that has been a very positive trait of Leo. In fact, it gives the user - or at least me - a sense that Leo is especially well engineered and that user needs have been carefully thought about. OTOH, leosession only captured the state of the outlines when Leo exits, but not (I think) when an outline is closed and then reopened in a later Leo session. That would be valuable. Why couldn't the outline itself store that data when it's closed? It could be a backwards compatible change to the outline's file format.
On Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 8:39:50 PM UTC-4 gates...@gmail.com wrote: > I would argue that Edward’s solution of ‘just list the files you want to > open in a script’ to totally not capture the essence of the session. The > whole point of sessions to me is to keep the flow of what I was doing last. > It’s more than a set of static leo files. It’s the set of leo files I was > working on *last* that’s important, not whatever ones I hardcode into a > script. I use Leo for dozens of reasons, which fluctuate all the time. > I’m going to seriously lose a lot of joy if I have to constantly hunt down > which files I was working on last. Yes, the recent files list helps, but > it’s still a lot of unnecessary end-user friction to have to manually open > them all up on each start up. > > Just my $0.02. > > Jake > > On Jun 29, 2023, at 8:22 PM, Mike Hodson <mys...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Out of curiosity why is the function of a session considered obsolete? > > This is what I have needed forever, a proper reloading session that > automatically saves and does not lose data, regardless if I might have > three drafts open that have yet to be saved to disk. > > The instant I create a new document, there should be a state file saved on > the disk, that keeps the state of the open draft and relates it to an open > session. > > If my power fails two seconds later I expect to be able to load Leo up and > get the exact point where I left off. > > I haven't used Leo seriously for the last 5 years because of this lack of > functionality. > > Mike > > > On Thu, Jun 29, 2023, 16:06 Edward K. Ream <edre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Leo no longer supports --session-restore and --session-save. >> LM.scanOptions lists them as obsolete. >> >> >> But the *SessionManager* class still exists. *SM.load_session* is the >> culprit behind #3404 >> <https://github.com/leo-editor/leo-editor/issues/3404>. It would be >> straightforward to fix this method, but I shall retire the entire class >> instead. >> >> >> The SessionManager supports six *session-** commands. The commands allow >> you to specify a set of files to open at startup. But listing the desired >> files (in a shell script or .cmd file) is simple and good. >> >> >> *Summary* >> >> >> The *session-** commands are absurd solutions to a non-existent problem. >> This class significantly complicates Leo's startup logic. The entire >> SessionManager class must go. Félix take note :-) >> >> >> As a side effect, Leo will no longer write *~/.leo/leo.session*. >> >> >> Your comments are welcome. Good luck arguing for this class :-) >> >> >> Edward >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "leo-editor" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to leo-editor+...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/5480a75d-ada7-4bb0-8a4b-b27c8fe5486an%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/5480a75d-ada7-4bb0-8a4b-b27c8fe5486an%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "leo-editor" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to leo-editor+...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/CAN%2B%2B4hFrZhEmhKD14q7hXufSTjJ95Q9QH-uESxcJgD0TmnPUeg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/CAN%2B%2B4hFrZhEmhKD14q7hXufSTjJ95Q9QH-uESxcJgD0TmnPUeg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/9050c9bb-3922-4710-9ab1-dfd4860c68b5n%40googlegroups.com.
