GNU bug report logs - #49505
28.0.50; Multiple launchers in GNOME

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Manuel Uberti <manuel.uberti <at> inventati.org>

Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 51748, 51749

Found in versions 28.0.50, 29.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Manuel Uberti <manuel.uberti <at> inventati.org>
Cc: 49505 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Peter Oliver <p.d.oliver <at> mavit.org.uk>
Subject: bug#49505: 28.0.50; Multiple launchers in GNOME
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 18:31:47 +0200

Manuel Uberti <manuel.uberti <at> inventati.org> writes:

> I built Emacs master (commit: 3fa711c11d1497418fdf8a866b7ba52dd3b00e0e)
> and now I see two launchers (.desktop files) in GNOME:
>
> - Emacs
> - Emacs (Client)
>
> The first one is the one I added to my favourites in GNOME, thus it's
> the launcher I've always used in my GNOME dash panel to launch
> Emacs. See attachment 1.png.
>
> However, this launcher now always spawns a new Emacs (Client),
> resulting in two Emacs icons in my GNOME dash. See attachment 2.png.

I think this might be due to the recent changed here by Peter (added to
the CCs).

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