Manualy restore session from storage file

#1

Hi Community,

i love the ‘automatic’ session reopening of atom.
but sometimes i accidentally open a file from the file-manager and atom was not opened before-
so it discards the session and just shows the given file.
feature request: i would like to change the opening behaviour so it will append the file or open a new window - so that my old session is save…

i have found that old sessions are stored as editor-cf0491635dd7be8394d2649bxxxxxxxxxxxxxxe9 files (the numbering changes)
how to use one of these files to restore this session?

i have not found a config file that contains the filename.

sunny greetings
stefan

#2

Your old session is safe. Sessions are stored based on the root of the “project” that was open at the time.

You can re-open your old session by opening a command-line window, navigating to the root directory of the project where your old session was open and starting Atom by using atom .

#3

hi leedohm,
thanks for the explanation.
i had multiple projects added to the treeview -
so i will try to use the first in the list.
so the filename is a hash of the directory?

sunny greetings
stefan