bug#65469: [PATCH] * etc/emacsclient.desktop: Make Emacs default application for org-protocol

[Ihor Radchenko]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> > Is this related to the issue with org-protocol?
>> 
>>  ...
>> With the discussed patch, e.g. Firefox will automatically use Emacs when
>> clicking on the above bookmarklet. Then, strictly speaking, it is not
>> necessary for the GNU/Linux system to be fully XDG-compiant. It will be
>> enough that (1) Emacs provides .desktop file; (2) Linux has xdg-open and
>> its dependencies installed; (3) Firefox makes use of xdg-open.
>
> I don't understand what should the NEWS entry about org-protocol
> support say, in addition to what it already says, to cover these
> factoids.  The NEWS entry is about the emacsclient.desktop file and
> its contribution to automatic support of org-protocol; isn't what you
> say above part of that automatic support?

I guess it depends on the level of precision you want to have in the
NEWS entry. For me, the NEWS entry sounds good enough, but I wanted to
make things more clear after Björn's comment.

(Note that it was Björn who objected the original wording)

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