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Starting Emacs if required from emacsclient.desktop

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Message #17 received at 49195 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 49195 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#49195: Starting Emacs if required from emacsclient.desktop
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:50:07 +0100 (BST)

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On Thu, 24 Jun 2021, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>>> More generally, I'm not sure we should even say this in the Emacs
>>> manual, as these features belong to the desktop, not to Emacs.
>>
>> This section of the manual already describes how to start Emacs from systemd, which isn’t part of Emacs either.
>
> systemd support code is in emacs.c, so that is (borderline) okay.
> What you describe is just normal desktop invocation, AFAIU.

It’s not normal to provide two different desktop entries for launching an application in slightly different ways.  However, I don’t object if we think that this addition to the manual is superfluous and decide to drop it.

>> +may use the @dfn{Emacs (Client)} menu entry to connect to an Emacs
>
> It is wrong to use @dfn here, since this is not new terminology you
> are introducing.  Better use @samp.
>
>> +server with @command{emacsclient}.  If the daemon is not already
>> +running, it will be started for you.
>            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Please try rephrasing this to avoid passive tense.

Done.

-- 
Peter Oliver

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