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Re: GUI X-FreeDesktop integration
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Manuel Uberti |
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Re: GUI X-FreeDesktop integration |
Date: |
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 14:42:29 +0200 |
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> I hear quite a few people run at least two instances of Emacs, for
> example if they don't want Gnus fetching new articles and email to
> freeze the interactive session for prolonged times. And there can > be other
similar reasons to do the same.
>
> We don't automatically make new options be the default unless the
> old behavior makes absolutely no sense or is otherwise dangerous or > not
useful. I don't see this case matching any of that, so IMO we
> shouldn't make this behavior the default right away.
>
> Does anyone else have an opinion on this aspect?
Sorry if I did not follow this thread before and ended up opening bug #49505. As
stated there, if possible I'd like to keep the old behaviour on left-click (new
Emacs instance) and offering an 'Emacs (client)' option on right-click.
The change was a bit of surprise for me, and it took some adjustments on my
side:
- I have two launchers now in GNOME Activities overview when I type 'emacs':
'Emacs' and 'Emacs (Client)'
- Whichever I add to my favourites, the dock bar shows 'Emacs (Client)'
- It's only by right-clicking on that 'Emacs (Client)' and picking 'New
Instance' that I get the Emacs instance I was used to. Another way is not using
the launcher in the dock, but left-clicking on the 'Emacs' launcher in GNOME
Activities overview.
- For now my workaround has been using a keyboard shortcut ('s-e') to open
'emacs', but yes, this was kind of an undesired change.
--
Manuel Uberti
www.manueluberti.eu
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