Reuse only default frame

[asymmetric]

I use activities-resume 'new and it's great, but I think it would be even cooler if a further usecase could be supported: I always want activities to open a in a new frame (as I like to use my window manager for that), unless it's the default frame -- in which case I want activities-resume to behave as if activities-resume-into-frame was set to current.

This is because typically, I'll start Emacs and the first thing I'll do is resume an activity with M-x activities-resume, which then leaves the default frame open undefinitely, doing nothing.

A further improvement (which I'm not sure it's possible to implement) would be if the splash screen could prompt me about the activity I want to resume, and reuse that frame (which is the default one). Activities resumed via M-x would instead be resumed in new frames.

[alphapapa]

Hello,

I use activities-resume 'new and it's great,

I guess you mean calling activities-resume with a universal prefix argument to reset the activity to its default state? Otherwise I'm not sure what you mean.

but I think it would be even cooler if a further usecase could be supported: I always want activities to open a in a new frame (as I like to use my window manager for that), unless it's the default frame -- in which case I want activities-resume to behave as if activities-resume-into-frame was set to current.

I'm not sure what you mean by "default frame." I'm aware of Emacs's concept of the "selected frame."

This is because typically, I'll start Emacs and the first thing I'll do is resume an activity with M-x activities-resume, which then leaves the default frame open undefinitely, doing nothing.

It sounds like the best option here might be to allow activities-resume-into-frame to be a function, which could be called to select the desired frame (including opening a new one). Then you could write a function to do exactly what you want in every circumstance.

A further improvement (which I'm not sure it's possible to implement) would be if the splash screen could prompt me about the activity I want to resume, and reuse that frame (which is the default one). Activities resumed via M-x would instead be resumed in new frames.

If you mean the built-in Emacs splash screen, I've never looked into extending that, because I've never used it for anything. I'm guessing that the dashboard package might be more appropriate to integrate with.

[jdtsmith]

Maybe they just mean having an interactive means of switching between the behaviors of resume-into-frame=current and resume-into-frame=new? I'd kind of like that too. "Dedicate this frame I'm on to this activity" vs. "Create a new frame for this activity".

[asymmetric]

I guess you mean calling activities-resume with a universal prefix argument to reset the activity to its default state? Otherwise I'm not sure what you mean.

@alphapapa I actually meant that I have (setq activities-resume-into-frame 'new) in my config, sorry for the confusion.

I'm not sure what you mean by "default frame." I'm aware of Emacs's concept of the "selected frame."
If you mean the built-in Emacs splash screen, I've never looked into extending that, because I've never used it for anything. I'm guessing that the dashboard package might be more appropriate to integrate with.

Indeed, I meant the frame that displays a splash screen.

It sounds like the best option here might be to allow activities-resume-into-frame to be a function, which could be called to select the desired frame (including opening a new one). Then you could write a function to do exactly what you want in every circumstance.

A combination of a custom function for activities-resume-into-frame and hooking this into the dashboard package does seem like what I want. I'll look into it as soon as I have more time, and report back with any progress.

Thanks for the help!