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[PATCH] Expose the native sharing dialog (macOS)

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From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 76120 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, alvaro <at> xenodium.com, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#76120: [PATCH] Expose the native sharing dialog (macOS)
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 23:48:42 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
>> Cc: alvaro <at> xenodium.com,  stefankangas <at> gmail.com,  76120 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 21:45:04 +0200
>> 
>> If only want to add equivalent features why not add a menu entry which
>> uses xdg-open on Linux and open(1) on macOS? The open shell command on
>> macOS is the 100% equivalent to xdg-open on Linux.
>
> We could do both.  But please don't interpret "equivalent" too
> literally.

I'm only interpreting it literally to the point that using the NS API
directly is an improvement over using xdg-open/open.

An improvement for a non-free platform.

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