Subject: Re: [bug#38272] [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-openwith.

From: Marius Bakke <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 21:21:01 +0100

"David Wilson" <[email-masked]> writes:

> Hi Guix!
>
> This patch adds the "openwith" package for Emacs to make it easier to launch external applications for configured file types.  I've tested the package and run it through "guix lint", all looks good.

Thanks!

[...]

> +(define-public emacs-openwith
> +  (let ((commit "1dc89670822966fab6e656f6519fdd7f01e8301a")
> +        (revision "0"))
> +    (package
> +      (name "emacs-openwith")
> +      (home-page "https://github.com/emacsmirror/openwith")

The actual home page is here according to the README:

https://bitbucket.org/jpkotta/openwith

[...]

> +      (synopsis "Emacs")

This synopsis is a bit short.  :-)

> +      (description
> +       "This package enables external applications to be launched for
> +configured file types when you use commands like @code{find-file}, etc.")

Maybe "This package lets you associate file name patterns with
external applications that are automatically invoked when you use
commands like @code{find-file}, etc".

Dunno, YMMV :-) It just wasn't clear to me how it worked (and how to
interpret the "etc") without the extra context.

Can you send an updated patch?