The layout-restore.el is aimed to save multi-window layout and restore it automatically. ''''See also:''' WindowsAndRegisters.

= Why using this package? =

Let's suppose you are working in buffer A and the emacs now
looks like:

||||*A*||
||B||C||
(layout 1)

Now for some reason, you want to switch to other buffer and
do some other thing, these make your emacs looks like:

||*D*||E||
(layout 2)

Now you are working in buffer D and want to switch back to
buffer A.  Usually you can do this simply by `C-x b RET'.
But what about buffer B and buffer C?  They won't be back
automatically when you switch to buffer A.  So your emacs
looks like below:

||*A*||E||

Well, I am sure this is NOT what you want.

= How to use this package =

To start using this package, add following lines to your emacs
startup file.

    (require 'layout-restore)
    (global-set-key [?\C-c ?l] 'layout-save-current)
    (global-set-key [?\C-c ?\C-l ?\C-l] 'layout-restore)
    (global-set-key [?\C-c ?\C-l ?\C-c] 'layout-delete-current)

Change the keybindings to whatever you like.

Now when you are in buffer A of layout 1,
press `C-c l' to remember this layout. Then switch to buffer
D to your work.  Now when you switch back to buffer A, the
buffer B and C will be brought back automatically, and be
placed exactly as where they were.

If you want, you can also remember layout 2 when you are in
buffer D.  simply press `C-c l' to remember it, then you can
switch between layout 1 and layout 2 easily when you switch
between buffer A and D.

To unmemorise a layout, simply press `C-c C-l C-c' in the
buffer where you press `C-c l' before.

= Get the package =

You are supposed to find the Lisp:layout-restore.el in ElispArea.

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