Re: [PATCH 6/8] emacs/desktop: update to use notmuch-emacs-mua and handle mailto

Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] emacs/desktop: update to use notmuch-emacs-mua and handle mailto

Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:29:42 +0200

To: Notmuch Mail

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From: Tomi Ollila


On Mon, Nov 21 2016, Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 1:34 PM, David Bremner <david@tethera.net> wrote:
>> Jani Nikula <jani@nikula.org> writes:
>>
>>> -Exec=emacs -f notmuch
>>> +GenericName=Email Client
>>> +Comment=Emacs based email client
>>> +Exec=notmuch-emacs-mua %u
>>
>> This seems like a fairly substantial change in functionality. Previously
>> people could click on the icon fire up a mail reader; now they get a
>> mail composition window. I probably won't use either, but it seems like
>> the change merits some discussion.
>
> I wonder if there's a way to define different Execs for clicking on
> the icon and handling mailto.

What if notmuch-emacs-mua started (notmuch-hello) in case there are no
arguments given ... ?

Tomi

>
> BR,
> Jani.

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