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

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: trikl <at> online.de, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 10977 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10977: detail from .xession-errors concerning .desktop extension	of ~./emacs.desktop
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:34:36 +0800

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
>> That's already the case at least for searching:
>>
>>    (defcustom desktop-path (list "." user-emacs-directory "~")
>
> I think the necessary change would be to make desktop-read set
> desktop-dirname to user-emacs-directory if no existing desktop is found
> in any of those three locations (and no DIRNAME arg was specified).

I think it would be cleaner to obsolete the
`desktop-path'/`desktop-base-file-name' rigmarole, and define the
desktop file name explicitly using locate-user-emacs-file.

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