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

From: Björn Bidar <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:00:52 +0000

On Monday, 18 September 2023, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Cc: Björn Bidar <[email-masked]>,
> >  [email-masked]
> > From: Ihor Radchenko <[email-masked]>
> > Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:30:03 +0000
> > 
> > +** 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.
> 
> Thanks.  I needed to fix this slightly, to make it clear that this is
> limited to GNU/Linux desktops.
>

It applies to all operating system that use desktop environments that  comply with XDG so for example also BSD.