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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <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 12:04:37 +0200

> From: Thomas Rikl <trikl <at> online.de>
> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2012 10:55:38 +0100
> 
> 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.

Too late for that, I'd say: this name was used by Emacs for almost 20
years (since 1993).
This bug report was last modified 12 years and 335 days ago.

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