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[PATCH] Expose the native sharing dialog (macOS)

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
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: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 15:15:13 +0200

> 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 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.

We do improve Emacs on non-free platforms, and this one is not an
improvement over free platforms (xdg-open/open is just part of the
feature).

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