Re: GUI X-FreeDesktop integration

[Manuel Uberti <manuel.uberti@inventati.org>]

 > I hear quite a few people run at least two instances of Emacs, for
 > example if they don't want Gnus fetching new articles and email to
 > freeze the interactive session for prolonged times.  And there can > be other 
similar reasons to do the same.
 >
 > We don't automatically make new options be the default unless the
 > old behavior makes absolutely no sense or is otherwise dangerous or > not 
useful.  I don't see this case matching any of that, so IMO we
 > shouldn't make this behavior the default right away.
 >
 > Does anyone else have an opinion on this aspect?

Sorry if I did not follow this thread before and ended up opening bug #49505. As 
stated there, if possible I'd like to keep the old behaviour on left-click (new 
Emacs instance) and offering an 'Emacs (client)' option on right-click.

The change was a bit of surprise for me, and it took some adjustments on my side:

- I have two launchers now in GNOME Activities overview when I type 'emacs': 
'Emacs' and 'Emacs (Client)'
- Whichever I add to my favourites, the dock bar shows 'Emacs (Client)'
- It's only by right-clicking on that 'Emacs (Client)' and picking 'New 
Instance' that I get the Emacs instance I was used to. Another way is not using 
the launcher in the dock, but left-clicking on the 'Emacs' launcher in GNOME 
Activities overview.
- For now my workaround has been using a keyboard shortcut ('s-e') to open 
'emacs', but yes, this was kind of an undesired change.

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Manuel Uberti
www.manueluberti.eu