Subject: Re: bug#38314: No /usr/share/applications mailto presence

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:26:26 +0100

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <[email-masked]> writes:

> All I know is these guys
>
> $ grep -lr mailto /usr/share/applications|xargs dlocate
> mutt: /usr/share/applications/mutt.desktop

larsi@marnie:~/src/emacs/trunk$ grep -lr mailto /usr/share/applications | xargs dlocate
xargs: dlocate: No such file or directory

> have a mailto presence in /usr/share/applications here on Debian,
> but even in (info "(emacs) Browse-URL")'s mailto discussion,
> there is no mention of a workaroud for users who don't want to use mutt.
>
> $ grep -c mailto /usr/share/applications/*ema*
> /usr/share/applications/emacs-term.desktop:0
> /usr/share/applications/emacs.desktop:0

I'm not sure what you're asking.  What is the problem you're seeing, and
what would you have Emacs do instead?

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