Problem persisting registers

[bobf32]

I use point-to-register and jump-to-register to navigate through large org files.

I would like the positions recorded to persist across sessions. I am using the following .spacemacs snippet:

  (desktop-save-mode)
  (setq desktop-restore-eager 2)
  (setq desktop-restore-frames nil)
  (add-to-list 'desktop-globals-to-save 'register-alist)
  (desktop-read)

The problem I am having is that any alphabetic register seems not to be saved, as when I restart spacemacs none of the alphabetic registers work, I just get "That register's buffer no longer exists".

Oddly:

1. any numeric register does seem to work across restarts.
2. every time I start emacs I get a message telling me the .spacemacs file is in use and am I sure I want to use.

[bobf32]

I notice something odd in my .emacs.desktop. On exiting spacemacs the register list seems to persist alphabetic and numeric registers differently, as regards the buffer name.

In the - rather longer than is probably necessary - line below from .emacs.desktop the numeric registers seems to be stored along with the full path name of the buffer. Whereas a lot of registers seem to refer only to the file name.

(setq register-alist (list (desktop-list* 65 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,157 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 105 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 104 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 103 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 102 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 101 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 99 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 98 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) '(57 file-query "c:/Users/uc191773/a.org" 1769796) '(56 file-query "c:/Users/uc191773/a.org" 1769258) '(55 file-query "c:/Users/uc191773/a.org" 789213) '(54 file-query "c:/Users/uc191773/a.org" 42594) '(53 file-query "c:/Users/uc191773/a.org" 34468) '(52 file-query "c:/Users/uc191773/a.org" 5912) (desktop-list* 51 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,2769 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 114 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,1769796 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 121 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 50 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,332 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 49 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,157 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 110 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 120 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (list 95 "Unprintable entity" (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) '(48 . " (desktop-save-mode)\n (setq desktop-restore-eager 2)\n (setq desktop-restore-frames nil)\n (add-to-list 'desktop-globals-to-save 'register-alist)\n (desktop-read)\n\n") (desktop-list* 97 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,789213 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 113 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,1769258 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 115 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,5912 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 107 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,42594 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 100 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,34468 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 106 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 116 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,2769 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 109 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,332 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 112 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,nil (get-buffer ," *temp*")))) mk)) (desktop-list* 119 (let ((mk (make-marker))) (add-hook 'desktop-delay-hook `(lambda nil (set-marker ,mk ,157 (get-buffer ,"a.org")))) mk))))

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