From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Nicolaescu Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: .desktop file for emacs Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:41:48 -0800 Message-ID: <200712080141.lB81fnIm005167@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> References: <200712040715.lB47FVGB024963@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> <200712050447.lB54lJFP014573@oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1197078204 13800 80.91.229.12 (8 Dec 2007 01:43:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 01:43:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 08 02:43:33 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J0oj6-0002iT-VJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:43:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J0oiq-0002cM-5v for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:43:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J0oim-0002ba-So for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:43:12 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1J0oil-0002av-78 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:43:12 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1J0oil-0002as-3i for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:43:11 -0500 Original-Received: from oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu ([128.195.1.41]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J0oig-00016b-KE; Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:43:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mothra.ics.uci.edu (mothra.ics.uci.edu [128.195.6.93]) by oogie-boogie.ics.uci.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lB81fnIm005167; Fri, 7 Dec 2007 17:41:49 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:12:17 -0500") Original-Lines: 15 X-ICS-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-ICS-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-0.84, required 5, autolearn=disabled, ALL_TRUSTED -1.44, J_CHICKENPOX_57 0.60) X-ICS-MailScanner-From: dann@mothra.ics.uci.edu X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:84859 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > I am not sure I understand your question. Let me restate what I was > trying to say: a file called emacs.desktop would be installed in > /usr/share/applications. > It seems that files in /usr/share/applications are parsed and used to > fill in the menus that appear at the top of the desktop in Gnome. > > Now that I understand the idea, it sounds like a good thing to do. > Would someone like to implement this? I added an emacs.desktop file. Reviewing for correctness would be greatly appreciated as would figuring out how to install it correctly. Once everything works right we can do the same on the 22.2 branch.