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Subject: Re: Is it possible to use emacsclient as the Gnome system editor?
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On 21 Nov 2006, sb@dod.no wrote:

> So what I wonder is: is it possible to create an emacsclient.desktop
> entry?  Or is desktop entry for emacsclient a meaningless concept?

Yes.

(1) Copy emacs.desktop to emacsclient.desktop

(2) Open the emacsclient.desktop file in an edit

(3) Change the command from emacs to emacsclient

Charles