[bug#38272] [PATCH] gnu: Add emacs-openwith.

[Marius Bakke]

"David Wilson" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Guix!
>
> This patch adds the "openwith" package for Emacs to make it easier to launch 
> external applications for configured file types.  I've tested the package and 
> run it through "guix lint", all looks good.

Thanks!

[...]

> +(define-public emacs-openwith
> +  (let ((commit "1dc89670822966fab6e656f6519fdd7f01e8301a")
> +        (revision "0"))
> +    (package
> +      (name "emacs-openwith")
> +      (home-page "https://github.com/emacsmirror/openwith";)

The actual home page is here according to the README:

https://bitbucket.org/jpkotta/openwith

[...]

> +      (synopsis "Emacs")

This synopsis is a bit short.  :-)

> +      (description
> +       "This package enables external applications to be launched for
> +configured file types when you use commands like @code{find-file}, etc.")

Maybe "This package lets you associate file name patterns with
external applications that are automatically invoked when you use
commands like @code{find-file}, etc".

Dunno, YMMV :-) It just wasn't clear to me how it worked (and how to
interpret the "etc") without the extra context.

Can you send an updated patch?

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