package has .desktop file that errors and does nothing
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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emacs22 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: emacs22
The binary package emacs22-bin-common 22.2-0ubuntu8 comes with the desktop file /usr/share/
The file specifies the Exec key with the command:
/usr/bin/
Running the command yields the error:
/usr/bin/
Try `/usr/bin/
The desktop file itself is also confusing because the emacs22 binary package already comes with the emacs22.desktop file which executes the command "/usr/bin/
Also, from the two files' descriptions, which are "Emacs 22 (X11)" and "Emacs 22 (client)" it's hard to understand the difference between them.
Confirming: Trivially reproed on an Intrepid system where I still have emacs22. Indeed, it doesn't really make sense for the client to have a .desktop file because you need to invoke it with a file name argument. (Or can you somehow drop things onto the .desktop item somewhere? At least it shouldn't be in the Applications menu.)