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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
Cc: 65469 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, yantar92 <at> posteo.net, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#65469: [PATCH] * etc/emacsclient.desktop: Make Emacs default application for org-protocol
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:01:55 +0300

> From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
> Cc: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>,  65469 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>   stefankangas <at> gmail.com
> Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 17:01:27 +0300
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >   ** On capable systems, Emacs is now the default application for 'org-protocol'.
> >   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 configure their desktop environment
> >   to open 'org-protocol' links in Emacs.  On any XDG-compliant desktop
> >   environment, including KDE and GNOME on GNU/Linux, and some others,
> >   these links should now open in Emacs automatically if the application
> >   that opens the link follows the XDG spec and xdg-utils are installed.
> >   This is because the "emacsclient.desktop" file now arranges for Emacs
> >   to be the default application for the 'org-protocol' URI scheme.  See
> >   the Org mode manual, Info node "(org) Protocols" for more details.
> 
> Why the focus on Linux?

Not focus, but preference.  It's because GNU/Linux is our main target
system and its users are our main audience.

> For example, you can install KDE on BSD and have the same benefit of
> the change as on Linux.

The above text says "and some others", and it also says "any
XDG-compliant desktop environment".  Why is this not enough?  We don't
have to promote *BSD systems.

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