From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Akib Azmain Turja Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: NonGNU ELPA: New package 'xdg-appmenu' Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:47:47 +0600 Message-ID: <878r9jw33g.fsf@disroot.org> References: <871qhivj86.fsf@disroot.org> <87pm2wwjyz.fsf@disroot.org> <865y4n3jfw.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="39670"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Stefan Kangas , Emacs Developer List , Philip Kaludercic To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 06 21:03:27 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1qdxoF-000A6C-Bg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 21:03:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qdxnV-0006Mw-5i; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:02:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qdxnC-0006Ik-MO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:02:26 -0400 Original-Received: from layka.disroot.org ([178.21.23.139]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qdxn9-0008HF-Bl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 15:02:22 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by disroot.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EBF7414AB; Wed, 6 Sep 2023 21:02:16 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: SPAM Filter at disroot.org Original-Received: from layka.disroot.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (disroot.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 5hBRM-LcRcK0; Wed, 6 Sep 2023 21:02:15 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=disroot.org; s=mail; t=1694026935; bh=9cxtu9fIaa4v4S1tfmrI9slDcdqHereZJY68OGujXN8=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date; b=P+R7gXDhMTfHmbj3TFrhLn7tB4ubQpBkozCNL2GOJedfVVUOU77TiV3rl3lMPX9tK ag4JCgVVd8XlmoOIbGWaGhXbrqPvExjNHdO9dZtEfTj/MYhTo3DrYQ+v+nwFmMZ0rN GXbrrUEjhJR6MBBF3Jnh7iZ0Jdtu2YIGS7kPd6VqZJcxlDoEiEWgNg6wqn7UEKGZ9X uGvZvN4XRk2t1o85QtFyYqGLlxc6HRsaxh6PI1SzPjkayWyWUx5RHDhEJH7BlKHtpe lHswYgFAPL/KD22IPRS62Gv0cTgq2DAFxTfpkkrMtZuMOX833PnTg6PswRYNWULM3M K6Wbtlv9J/TLw== In-Reply-To: <865y4n3jfw.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (Juri Linkov's message of "Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:27:31 +0300") Received-SPF: pass client-ip=178.21.23.139; envelope-from=akib@disroot.org; helo=layka.disroot.org X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:310217 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Juri Linkov writes: >>>> I've just written a new package and would like to publish it to on >>>> NonGNU ELPA: >>>> >>>> XDG Appmenu allows you to run XDG desktop application right from your >>>> Emacs. To run an application, just do `M-x xdg-appmenu'. >> >> Thanks, this looks like a useful addition. I have two questions: >> >> - How does this compare to the work made by Juri in Bug#63911? Could >> the efforts be merged somehow, such that the end result ends up in >> Emacs, or does that not make sense? (I'm copying in Juri too.) > > The patch in bug#63911 relies on the helper functions implemented > in the core package emacs/lisp/xdg.el such as 'xdg-mime-apps' > and 'xdg-desktop-read-file'. Is it something new (in Emacs 29 or master branch) or did I just missed these nice functions? > > The package https://codeberg.org/akib/emacs-xdg-appmenu > duplicates the work already done in xdg.el. Taking a quick look, the answer is looks like yeah, sadly. > > However, it's hard to compare these two implementations. > Maybe in case if something is missing in xdg.el > it could be improved based on code from the package? I don't think anything can be improved. xdg.el contains a full-blown desktop file parser. 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