This will save your open windows to a file (~/.windows).
To start those applications:
cat ~/.windows | while read line; do $line &; done
Should work on any EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager.
If you use DWM or another Window Manager not using EWMH or NetWM try this:
xwininfo -root -children | grep '^ ' | grep -v children | grep -v '<unknown>' | sed -n 's/^ *\(0x[0-9a-f]*\) .*/\1/p' | uniq | while read line; do xprop -id $line _NET_WM_PID | sed -n 's/.* = \([0-9]*\)$/\1/p'; done | uniq -u | grep -v '^$' | while read line; do ps -o cmd= $line; done > ~/.windows
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example: focus make all from: http://noisy-coder.blogspot.com/2010/10/autofocus-window.html
Bind it to a shortcut key, using something like xbindkeys-config (if you do not have xbindkeys: apt-get install xbindkeys xbindkeys-config)
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