session-el _unstable_ port information

Package: session-el
Version: 2.2a
Revision: 1
Description: Session management for emacs
Homepage: http://emacs-session.sourceforge.net
Source: mirror:sourceforge:emacs-session/session-%v.tar.gz
SourceDirectory: session
Source-MD5: eaef18c9cf11e31bd5b94c7aceda37c1
PatchScript: sed 's|@PREFIX@|%p|g' < %a/%n.patch | patch -p1
License: GPL
Maintainer: Jesse Alama
DocFiles: INSTALL README lisp/ChangeLog fink/README.fink
PostInstScript: %p/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-install %n
PreRmScript: %p/lib/emacsen-common/emacs-package-remove %n
CompileScript: <<

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InstallScript: <<
mkdir -p %i/share/emacs/site-lisp/session
install -m 644 lisp/session.el %i/share/emacs/site-lisp/session
mkdir -p %i/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install
mkdir -p %i/lib/emacsen-common/packages/remove
install -m 755 fink/emacsen-install %i/lib/emacsen-common/packages/install/%n
install -m 755 fink/emacsen-remove %i/lib/emacsen-common/packages/remove/%n
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DescDetail: <<
When you start Emacs, package Session restores various variables
(e.g., input histories) from your last session. It also provides a
menu containing recently changed/visited files and restores the places
(e.g., point) of such a file when you revisit it.

To restore the variables, this package writes a session file
(~/.session) when you exit Emacs. The file includes the values of
variables which are automatically updated by Emacs during some editing
operations:

* Histories of user input. For example, strings used in a find/replace
command, names of files you have visited, etc.

* Contents of registers, whether they are texts or buffer/file
positions. Buffer positions are automatically converted to file
positions.

* List of recently copied/cut text blocks to paste, global markers to
jump to, and other so-called rings.

* List of recently changed files with their places and some
buffer-local variables.

To restore the places of a recently changed/visited file when you
revisit it, this packages stores the places of a buffer in a special
variable (the list mentioned above) when you kill that buffer (this
includes exiting Emacs). Places are:

* Point (the cursor position) and mark (e.g., the opposite position
when a region is highlighted). These places will be restored, but a
region won't be made active.

* The position of the last change. A new command (bound to C-x C-/)
can be used to jump to that position.

* The boundaries if only a part of a buffer was visible. Reopening the
file will again restrict/narrow the editing operations to that
region.

* Values of buffer-local variables. Useful for variables which control
some temporary editing behavior, e.g., overwrite-mode.

As opposed to desktop.el and other packages, Session does not
automatically revisits all files from your last session, most of which
are not interesting anymore.
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DescUsage: <<
To get started, add the forms

(require 'session)
(session-initialize)

to your .emacs file (or whatever emacs initialization file you use).
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