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[PATCH] Expose the native sharing dialog (macOS)

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From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
To: Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro <at> xenodium.com>
Cc: 76120 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#76120: [PATCH] Expose the native sharing dialog (macOS)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:14:22 +0200

Alvaro Ramirez <alvaro <at> xenodium.com> writes:

> Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>>
>>>> From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 07:22:17 -0600
>>>> Cc: alvaro <at> xenodium.com, 76120 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>>>>
>>>> That makes sense to me, thanks.  So maybe we should just add the
>>>> proposed functionality to our already-existing context menus on
>>>> NS?
>>>
>>> That'd be my suggestion, yes.
>>
>> Álvaro, could you please rework your patch along these lines?
>
> Certainly! How about the following scope...
>
> 1. Add a "Share..." context menu item via context-menu-mode.
> 2. Make the "Share..." entry configurable (custom set to a function).
> 3. The default function invokes xdg-open on GNU/Linux and ns-share on
> macOS.
>
> Sound OK?

Since xdg-open isn't the same as "sharing" doesn't that only circumvent
the policy to not add functionality that is only supported on non-free
platforms?

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