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28.1.91; emacsclient-mail.desktop doesn't work for me

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me>
Cc: Peter Oliver <git <at> mavit.org.uk>, 57752 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#57752: 28.1.91; emacsclient-mail.desktop doesn't work for me
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:19:47 +0200

Damien Cassou <damien <at> cassou.me> writes:

> Anyway, I found a way to always have it working:
>
> 1. create a file emacs-compose-email.sh that starts emacsclient
> 2. add the executable bit to the file
> 3. reference the shell script from emacsclient-mail.desktop
>
> See below for the script and .desktop file. Another advantage of this
> approach is that the desktop file becomes much simpler with much less
> backslashes.
>
> My question is: do you want a patch with this change?

I'd prefer to have a .desktop file that works without any helper
scripts.   Can't the emacsclient-mail.desktop file be rewritten to not
use quoting here?

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