GNU bug report logs - #65902
29.0.92; emacsclient-mail.desktop fails due to complicated escaping

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 65902 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, sbaugh <at> catern.com
Subject: bug#65902: 29.0.92; emacsclient-mail.desktop fails due to complicated escaping
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 16:06:07 +0300

> Cc: sbaugh <at> catern.com, 65902 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 10:00:00 +0200
> 
> >>>>> On Tue, 12 Sep 2023 20:46:54 -0700, Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com> said:
> 
>     Jim> On 9/12/2023 7:30 PM, sbaugh <at> catern.com wrote:
>     >> tags 65902 + patch
>     >> quit
>     >> This patch avoids the complicated scripting needed for
>     >> emacsclient-mail.desktop by adding a new flag to emacsclient, --funcall,
>     >> which mirrors emacs --funcall and allows emacsclient-mail.desktop to be
>     >> basically the same as emacs-mail.desktop.
> 
>     Jim> I think this is actually the same as the (very long) bug#57752, so
>     Jim> thanks for working on this. (It was on my list of things to get to,
>     Jim> but I just haven't had time.)
> 
> 57752 got bogged down in design paralysis :-)

And where do you think we will get here, if we retrace all the
arguments and counter-arguments voiced there?

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