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Session Manager Examples

These examples cover named sessions. Default persistence still works without a named file: start Wayscriber normally and it restores the configured session storage on the next run.

Direct CLI Workflows

Use a named session file when you want one drawing set per meeting, lecture, or project:

wayscriber --active --session-file ~/Documents/lecture-04.wayscriber-session
wayscriber --freeze --session-file ~/Documents/lecture-04.wayscriber-session

Named sessions can also be the target for daemon launches:

wayscriber --daemon --session-file ~/Documents/default-work.wayscriber-session
wayscriber --daemon-toggle --session-file ~/Documents/meeting.wayscriber-session

Inspect or clear one named session without touching the configured default session:

wayscriber --session-info --session-file ~/Documents/lecture-04.wayscriber-session
wayscriber --clear-session --session-file ~/Documents/lecture-04.wayscriber-session

--session-file uses the exact selected file, rejects directories, symlinks, and special files, and conflicts with --no-resume-session. Launch, Open, and Save As flows require an existing parent directory. --session-info and --clear-session can still report or clean up stale named-session paths when the parent directory is already gone.

Overlay Workflow

Open Wayscriber with any persisted session target, then use the side toolbar's Settings drawer:

  • Open loads an existing named session and records it in the recent catalog.
  • Save As writes the current overlay to another named session and switches the active target. It appends .wayscriber-session when no extension is supplied and asks before replacing existing session artifacts.
  • Info reports the active session file size, board shape counts, and history status.
  • Clear writes a durable empty session boundary for the active target.
  • Recent session rows reopen other named sessions.
  • Manager opens the configurator.

The overlay file picker uses zenity first and falls back to kdialog.

Configurator Catalog Workflow

Run:

wayscriber-configurator

Open the Session tab and use the Saved Sessions section. It shows recent named sessions recorded when named-session targets are opened or saved from the CLI, daemon, or overlay.

  • Save Name changes only the catalog display label.
  • Reveal File opens the session's parent folder.
  • Forget removes catalog metadata without deleting session files.
  • Duplicate copies the primary session file to a new named target.
  • Move moves an inactive session's primary file and non-lock sidecars.
  • Clear Saved Data removes saved data and sidecars for that catalog entry.

Duplicate, Move, and Clear are disabled while an overlay, manually started daemon, or background service is active. Stop the service or close the overlay before managing inactive session files from the configurator.