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X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4864:20::436 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:244234 Archived-At: >>>>> On Mon, 13 Jan 2020 16:59:58 +0000, Colin Baxter = said: >>>>> Eli Zaretskii writes: >>> From: Colin Baxter Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 >>> 15:58:03 +0000 Cc: , Eli Zaretskii , Paul Eggert >>> , emacs-devel@gnu.org >>>=20 >>> I was thinking more along the lines of few words on why it's >>> necessary now for emacs to adopt the convention - it is after all >>> only a convention. >> The reason is "by popular demand". If this is what you wanted us >> to say that in NEWS, I'm okay with saying it. Colin> I thought it had something to do with *.desktop files. I don't u= se them so Colin> I don't know. *.desktop files are for telling your desktop environment how you want certain applications launched (I think. I use the cli to launch applications). I=CA=BCll see how I can phrase 'by popular demand' and 'for config files'. Robert