GNU bug report logs - #10977
24.0.94; filename "emacs.desktop" collides with kde xy*.desktop logic

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thomas Rikl <trikl <at> online.de>

Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 09:58:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.0.94

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 10977 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Thomas Rikl <trikl <at> online.de>
Cc: 10977 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10977: 24.0.94;
	filename "emacs.desktop" collides with kde xy*.desktop logic
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:21:45 -0500

Thomas Rikl wrote:

> Can you please give the "~/.emacs.desktop" an other filename
> resp. extension or (default path)
> than ".desktop". It collides with some KDE mimic which i don't want to
> describe here. I think an extension of ".el" or default name like
> ".emacs-desktop.el" would be perfect. I mean the file created as a
> result of (desktop-save-mode 1)  in the startup-file.

You can customize desktop-base-file-name to whatever you like.
Without any details about whatever it is that you don't want to
describe, it's impossible to say if it is appropriate to change the
default (it probably isn't).
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