Function: frame-configuration-to-register

frame-configuration-to-register is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in register.el.gz.

This command is obsolete since 24.4; use frameset-to-register instead.

Signature

(frame-configuration-to-register REGISTER)

Documentation

Store the window configurations of all frames in REGISTER.

(This window configuration is also known as "frameset").
Use C-x r j (jump-to-register) to restore the configuration. Argument is a character, the name of the register.

Interactively, prompt for REGISTER using register-read-with-preview.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 19.20.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/register.el.gz
(defun frame-configuration-to-register (register &optional _arg)
  "Store the window configurations of all frames in REGISTER.
\(This window configuration is also known as \"frameset\").
Use \\[jump-to-register] to restore the configuration.
Argument is a character, the name of the register.

Interactively, prompt for REGISTER using `register-read-with-preview'."
  (interactive (list (register-read-with-preview
		      "Frame configuration to register: ")
		     current-prefix-arg))
  ;; current-frame-configuration does not include the value
  ;; of point in the current buffer, so record that separately.
  (set-register register (list (current-frame-configuration) (point-marker))))