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emacs22 package

  1. Bug #543799
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 543799

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Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote : Re: [Bug 543799] Re: package has .desktop file that errors and does nothing

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 09:27:07 (CET), era wrote:

> 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.

not necessarily. Such a .desktop file could just open a new emacs
frame. If no daemon process is running yet, the .desktop file can (and
should) start emacs in daemon mode and then attach to it.

> (Or can you somehow drop things onto the .desktop item somewhere? At
> least it shouldn't be in the Applications menu.)

That would indeed be great as well!

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Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4