GUI X-FreeDesktop integration

[Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>]

I found myself today using GUI emacs 27.1, and was surprised that it
wasn't at all integrated with the (debian) linux desktop. It doesn't
seem like a big deal to make part of a standard install, but in the
context of 'trying to make emacs easier' it would go a long way. I never
know when I post on this list whether something has already been either
done or flat-out rejected sometime in the past, oh, 30 years?, but
here's a simple two-step proposal to accomplish the type of integration
I think *ALL* newcomers would expect when installing GUI emacs (ie. when
one selects file(s) in a file manager, they are opened in Emacs).

Step 1: New file: /usr/share/applications/emacsclient.desktop
#+begin_src conf
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Emacsclient
GenericName=Connect to an Emacs server
X-GNOME-FullName=Connect to an Emacs server
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Comment=Connect to an Emacs server using emacsclient
NoDisplay=false
Exec=\emacsclient -c --alternate-editor="" --eval "(pick-a-suitable-name \"%F\")"
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=emacs
Categories=Office;Development
StartupWMClass=Emacs
StartupNotify=true
# MimeType=
#+end_src

Step 2: New function: pick-a-suitable-name
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
  (defun pick-a-suitable-name (&optional files)
    "Integrate GUI Emacs with XFreeDesktop"
    ;; Do optional 'stuff'
    ;; Do other optional 'stuff'
    (dolist (file (split-string (substring files 1 -1) "' '"))
      (find-file file))
    ;; Do more optional 'stuff'
    )
#+END_SRC

I'll cross-post this on the debian list for their own independent consideration.
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