* bug#21042: There exists etc/emacs.desktop. Please consider adding an emacsclient.desktop
@ 2015-07-12 4:08 Vaidheeswaran C
2015-07-12 17:52 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2021-02-07 13:55 ` bug#23141: 25.1.50; emacsclient.desktop Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Vaidheeswaran C @ 2015-07-12 4:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 21042; +Cc: Rusi
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
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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
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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
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* bug#21042: There exists etc/emacs.desktop. Please consider adding an emacsclient.desktop
2015-07-12 4:08 bug#21042: There exists etc/emacs.desktop. Please consider adding an emacsclient.desktop Vaidheeswaran C
@ 2015-07-12 17:52 ` Vaidheeswaran C
2021-02-07 13:55 ` bug#23141: 25.1.50; emacsclient.desktop Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Vaidheeswaran C @ 2015-07-12 17:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 21042
> There exists etc/emacs.desktop. Please consider adding an
> emacsclient.desktop
Two suggestions:
1. Let the default "recommendation" open a new frame. I use GUI Emacs.
So, in my case a "-c" in the switch.
-nw, -t, --tty Open a new Emacs frame on the current terminal
-c, --create-frame Create a new frame instead of trying to
use the current Emacs frame
2. A new icon for emacsclient
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* bug#23141: 25.1.50; emacsclient.desktop
2015-07-12 4:08 bug#21042: There exists etc/emacs.desktop. Please consider adding an emacsclient.desktop Vaidheeswaran C
2015-07-12 17:52 ` Vaidheeswaran C
@ 2021-02-07 13:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-02-07 13:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Vaidheeswaran C; +Cc: 21042, 23141, Rusi
Vaidheeswaran C <vaidheeswaran.chinnaraju@gmail.com> writes:
> There exists etc/emacs.desktop. Please consider adding an
> emacsclient.desktop
This was added to Emacs 28 earlier this year, so I'm closing this bug
report.
--
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* bug#23141: 25.1.50; emacsclient.desktop
@ 2016-03-29 10:10 Helmut Eller
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From: Helmut Eller @ 2016-03-29 10:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 23141
It would be useful to have a emacsclient.desktop file, because that
makes it possible to use emacsclient with docks/panels or the "Open
with" menu in some file managers.
Emacs already comes with emacs.desktop file, but that starts a new Emacs
process every time. The emacsclient.desktop should use an existing
Emacs if there is one or start a new Emacs if there is none.
I created my own emacsclient.desktop (see below) but I think many people
would like something like that and it would be more efficient to ship a
good emacsclient.desktop with Emacs.
My version uses two (perhaps not so obvious) tricks:
1) the "-a emacs" part starts a new Emacs if no existing Emacs process
can be found
2) adding +0 makes it possible to start emacsclient without file
argument. Emacs will then switch to the scratch buffer.
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Emacsclient
Comment=Tells a running Emacs to visit a file
Exec=emacsclient -a emacs --no-wait +0 %F
Icon=emacs24
Terminal=false
MimeType=text/english;text/plain;text/x-makefile;text/x-c++hdr;text/x-c++src;text/x-chdr;text/x-csrc;text/x-java;text/x-moc;text/x-pascal;text/x-tcl;text/x-tex;application/x-shellscript;text/x-c;text/x-c++;
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Development;TextEditor;
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