I feel like we are instant messaging.

We almost are. The BBS sends me an email when anyone replies to one of my posts, and since I'm at work, answering emphatic-related questions is more entertaining than answering work-related questions. So there ya go.

emphatic doesn't have anywhere to "remember" the setttings, but if you will take a look at the README file under "command line arguments" you can have it start up with the same settings each time. You would add those command line arguments to the EXEC_ONCE line in your config.ini

For instance, if you wanted to start in vertical mode with the medium font, your EXEC_ONCE line would look something like this:

;@EXEC_ONCE /usr/local/bin/emphatic -m 2 -f 1

-m 2 means "mode 2" which is vertical. -f 1 means "font 1" which is the medium font. You can also specify what row the horizontal scroller scrolls on, and some other less-important things.

But right now, there's no way for ANY user application to "remember" things.