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X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 13:27:52 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:104927 Archived-At: I am filing this bug report on behalf of Rusi. See this thread https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-gnu-emacs/2015-07/msg00254.html ---------------------------------------------------------------- There exists etc/emacs.desktop. Please consider adding an emacsclient.desktop On my debian wheezy, there is a desktop file for emacs but NOT for emacsclient. I have a feeling that, once Emacs repo officially recommends a emacsclient.desktop file and mention that in NEWS file, package distributors would be inclined to explore means to package this file on their distributions. $ dpkg -S /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs23 emacs23-bin-common: /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs23 $ dpkg -L emacs23-bin-common | grep desktop $ dpkg -L emacs23 | grep desktop /usr/share/applications/emacs23.desktop ---------------------------------------------------------------- FWIW (and tangentially related to Emacs), my box ships with a desktop file for gnuclient. $ dpkg -L gnuserv | grep desktop /usr/share/applications/gnuserv.desktop $ cat /usr/share/applications/gnuserv.desktop [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Name=gnuclient GenericName=gnuclient Comment=Client for the GNU Emacs Text Editor Exec=/usr/bin/gnuclient.emacs TryExec=gnuclient Terminal=false Type=Application Categories=Application;Utility;TextEditor; MimeType=text/plain