bufler.el VS burly.el

No problem, I know that time is limited. There have already been a couple of issues filed about TRAMP, e.g. https://github.com/alphapapa/bufler.el/issues/63 If you last tried Bufler before those issues were filed, maybe give it another try; otherwise, please do chime in on that one when you get a chance.

The package I've written that provides tools for grouping buffers into something like "workspaces" would be Bufler: https://github.com/alphapapa/bufler.el See bufler-workspace-mode. It has many more features which are described in its readme.

What are you trying to convince me about? :D :D :D. To start with I recommended to you to use ibuffer, and I can recommend you even to check up Bufler if you are heavy ibuffer user.

Bufler has a lot of options in how to group buffers: https://github.com/alphapapa/bufler.el

Others have mentioned the awesome projectile, but I think it should be said that Emacs now has built in project.el which has come in leaps and bounds (though probably still lacks some projectile features).

I use project.el alongside consult[1] which has many convenient wrapper functions over built-in ones, like an enhanced `switch-to-buffer` with project support. I am actually using an even tighter integration called consult-project-extra[2].

The most advanced and overkill solution would probably be to use bufler.el[3] which basically allows you to define your custom logic for buffer grouping.

[1] https://github.com/minad/consult

[2] https://github.com/Qkessler/consult-project-extra

[3] https://github.com/alphapapa/bufler.el

It's not designed to work that way, but it's theoretically possible. Especially, when I refactor parts of Bufler to use Taxy, it will be easy to make certain grouping keys non-consuming. See https://github.com/alphapapa/bufler.el/issues/69

Regarding the buffer-switching part of this package, you might look at https://github.com/alphapapa/bufler.el and consider how you could implement it through Bufler.

See also https://github.com/alphapapa/bufler.el Its readme also links to related projects.

burly.el by u/alphapapa - might be an easier way to approach the current-window-configuration/set-window-configuration that Sacha has implemented

For the "lauch workspaces", I use burly which just uses simple bookmarks. Then with consult, I just use C-x b, then m to narrow to bookmarks and I have all the workspaces available (remote as well).

Well, that is essentially what Burly does: https://github.com/alphapapa/burly.el

Install https://github.com/alphapapa/burly.el

These features are especially useful with Burly: https://github.com/alphapapa/burly.el Because Burly can save and restore those kinds of windows, so you need not recreate them manually.

How does it compare to packages like burly, which (to my understanding) provide similar features?

I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for, but take a look at this: https://github.com/alphapapa/burly.el

I think you want "window configurations", which can be saved into registers. You might try tab-bar-mode for cycling through them. Or there's also https://github.com/alphapapa/burly.el/ . (I'd like something similar but haven't found something that matches what I want)

desktop is not a great solution for restoring buffers, because it generally only works for file-backed buffers. Instead, I wrote Burly to restore buffers, windows, and frames in mode-specific ways, on-demand using Emacs bookmarks. This is much more flexible and powerful than similar functionality in desktop.