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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: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de, stefankangas <at> gmail.com, 65469 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#65469: [PATCH] * etc/emacsclient.desktop: Make Emacs default application for org-protocol
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:40:17 +0300

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de, 65469 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:58:53 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> > Is this related to the issue with org-protocol?
> >> 
> >>  ...
> >> With the discussed patch, e.g. Firefox will automatically use Emacs when
> >> clicking on the above bookmarklet. Then, strictly speaking, it is not
> >> necessary for the GNU/Linux system to be fully XDG-compiant. It will be
> >> enough that (1) Emacs provides .desktop file; (2) Linux has xdg-open and
> >> its dependencies installed; (3) Firefox makes use of xdg-open.
> >
> > I don't understand what should the NEWS entry about org-protocol
> > support say, in addition to what it already says, to cover these
> > factoids.  The NEWS entry is about the emacsclient.desktop file and
> > its contribution to automatic support of org-protocol; isn't what you
> > say above part of that automatic support?
> 
> I guess it depends on the level of precision you want to have in the
> NEWS entry. For me, the NEWS entry sounds good enough, but I wanted to
> make things more clear after Björn's comment.

So what is imprecise in the wording I suggested a couple of messages
ago?

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