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Save and restore shell buffers with desktop.el
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init.el
(add-hook 'shell-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(make-local-variable 'desktop-save-buffer)
(setq desktop-save-buffer
(lambda (desktop-dirname)
default-directory))))
(defun shell-restore-desktop-buffer (file-name buffer-name directory)
(setq default-directory directory)
(shell))
(add-to-list 'desktop-buffer-mode-handlers '(shell-mode . shell-restore-desktop-buffer))
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Very helpful. Thanks! I changed line 10 to:

(shell buffer-name))

Otherwise, if there are multiple shell buffers, only one will be restored.

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