GNU bug report logs - #38314
No /usr/share/applications mailto presence

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 17:36:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Gijs Hillenius <gijs <at> hillenius.net>
To: 38314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#38314: No /usr/share/applications mailto presence
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 14:55:51 +0200

On  6 August 2020 14:54 Lars Ingebrigtsen, wrote:

> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
>
>> Anyway, with Emacs 28 (and if the distributors include the .desktop file
>> in the correct place), you should be able to choose Emacs as the system
>> mailer and clicking on mailto: links should open Emacs in a Message buffer.
>
> (I really thought that this already existed, but I grepped for mailto
> and couldn't find any handlers for it.

The sample file uses:
Exec=emacs -f message-mailto %u

Would this work as well?
Exec=/usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs-snapshot -f message-mailto

I'll experiment with this once it is included in the next snapshot for Debian.
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