emacs/etc/emacsclient.desktop, branch scratch/string-common-prefix

Make emacsclient handle org-protocol:// links

2023-09-01T18:50:06+00:00

Org mode provides a way to quickly capture bookmarks, notes, and links
using emacsclient:

    emacsclient "org-protocol://store-link?url=URL&title=TITLE"

* etc/emacsclient.desktop: Make Emacs the default application for
org-protocol.  (Bug#65469)

Fix quoted argument in emacsclient-mail.desktop Exec key

2022-12-24T07:19:40+00:00

Apparently the emacsclient-mail.desktop file doesn't conform to the
Desktop Entry Specification at
https://specifications.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#exec-variables
which says about the Exec key:

| Field codes must not be used inside a quoted argument, the result of
| field code expansion inside a quoted argument is undefined.

However, the %u field code is used inside a quoted argument of the
Exec key in both the [Desktop Entry] and [Desktop Action new-window]
sections.
* etc/emacsclient-mail.desktop (Exec): The Desktop Entry
Specification does not allow field codes like %u inside a quoted
argument. Work around it by passing %u as first parameter ($1)
to the shell wrapper.
* etc/emacsclient.desktop (Exec): Use `sh` rather than `placeholder`
as the command name of the shell wrapper.  (Bug#60204)

Drop redundant keywords in .desktop files.

2021-08-11T12:05:25+00:00

The Freedesktop.org Desktop Entry spec says, “The values [of
Keywords]… should not be redundant with the values of Name or
GenericName”.

* etc/emacs.desktop, etc/emacsclient.desktop (Keywords): Remove
keywords that are duplicated from the GenericName field.

Hint that emacsclient.desktop should match a search for “emacsclient”

2021-08-11T12:05:14+00:00

This is necessary to get the Gnome desktop to show “Emacs (Client)”
when the user searches for “emacsclient”.

* etc/emacsclient.desktop, emacsclient-mail.desktop (Keywords): Add
“emacsclient”.

Valid quoting in .desktop files

2021-08-11T12:04:58+00:00

* etc/emacsclient.desktop, emacsclient-mail.desktop (Exec): Quote
according to the rules in the Freedesktop.org Desktop Entry
Specification.

Fix copy/paste error in emacsclient.desktop

2021-07-01T10:46:10+00:00

* etc/emacsclient.desktop: new-instance should read new-window.

From .desktop files, reuse a frame or start a new Emacs as required

2021-06-30T13:11:21+00:00

* doc/emacs/misc.texi: (Using Emacs as a Server) Explain
emacsclient.desktop.
* etc/NEWS: (Emacs Server): Explain emacsclient.desktop.
* emacs-mail.desktop, etc/emacsclient.desktop: Automatically try to
reuse an existing frame, open a new frame, or start a new Emacs
daemon.  Add actions for specific behaviours (bug#49195).

Revert more of a partially reverted emacsclient.desktop patch

2021-06-30T13:01:46+00:00

* etc/emacsclient.desktop: Undo setting of StartupWMClass=Emacsd, since
this relies on a change to etc/emacs.service which was also undone.  See
bug#37847 for more explanation (bug#49259).

Advertise support for Startup Notification when built with GTK

2021-06-22T13:17:28+00:00

* etc/emacsclient.desktop, etc/emacsclient.desktop: Specify
StartupNotify=true.
* configure.ac (USE_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION): New variable, yes iff
HAVE_GTK.
* Makefile.in (install-etc): Remove StartupNotify=true from
etc/*.desktop unless USE_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION (bug#48783).

Improve client/daemon xdg/systemd experience

2020-08-09T13:57:51+00:00

* Makefile.in: Add emacsclient.desktop generation.
* etc/emacsclient.desktop: Add file, use emacsd as StartupWMClass.
* etc/emacs.service: Run with name emacsd (bug#37847).