Subject: bug#65469: [PATCH] * etc/emacsclient.desktop: Make Emacs default application for org-protocol

From: Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:30:03 +0000

Stefan Kangas <[email-masked]> writes:

> BTW, Ihor, could we have a NEWS item for this change please?
> I forgot to ask for one before.

Sure.
See the attached.

>From 11531beda02f89517c660f0b44375d301fbf86dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
Message-ID: <[email-masked]>
From: Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 11:26:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] * etc/NEWS: Document handling 'org-protocol' URI scheme
 (bug#65469)

The commit implementing the new functionality is 05a7c91b91c.
---
 etc/NEWS | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index f9ebe312612..0d6be3ed2d9 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -55,6 +55,20 @@ ALSA on these operating systems instead.
 For native compiled Lisp functions 'describe-function' prints (after
 the signature) the automatically inferred function type as well.
 
+** Emacs is now the default application for 'org-protocol' URI scheme
+
+Org mode provides a way to quickly capture bookmarks, notes, and links
+using 'emacsclient':
+
+    emacsclient "org-protocol://store-link?url=URL&title=TITLE"
+
+Previously, users had to manually setup their Linux desktop
+environment to open 'org-protocol' links in Emacs.  Now, these links
+should be open in Emacs automatically.
+
+See "(org) Protocols for External Access" node in Org mode manual for
+more details.
+
 ---
 ** New user option 'describe-bindings-outline-rules'.
 This user option controls outline visibility in the output buffer of
-- 
2.42.0

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