Problem with setting up org-protocol

[Marcin Borkowski <mbork@wmi.amu.edu.pl>]

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Hi list,

I tried to set up org-protocol (Ubuntu 12.04) and failed.  It seems that
I'm not the only one with this problem - see
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7464951/how-to-make-org-protocol-work .

I edited the relevant page on my clone of Worg (I attach the patch), but
I'm not sure whether this is 100% correct: I guess it might only work
for Gnome (I don't use KDE, so I can't check for that), and I'm not sure
whether it's legal to just copy-paste from SO.  What I'm sure is that
(unlike the previous description on Worg) it works for me.

Could anyone check that and update Worg accordingly?

Best,

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Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Adam Mickiewicz University

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From 44fe509fa9ac5a6a6d070e5b4df4efb40d5e7f04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork@mbork.pl>
Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 23:31:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] A proper description of setting up org-protocol.

Taken from this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/12751732/1181665
by user Mark.
---
 org-contrib/org-protocol.org |   22 +++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/org-contrib/org-protocol.org b/org-contrib/org-protocol.org
index e8419f2..088e33a 100644
--- a/org-contrib/org-protocol.org
+++ b/org-contrib/org-protocol.org
@@ -86,10 +86,22 @@ actions. Just register your custom sub-protocol and handler with the variable
 
 *** Linux setup (Gnome)
 
-    For this to work, you'll need the Gnome-Libraries to be installed.
+    (Instructions taken from [[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7464951/how-to-make-org-protocol-work][this answer on StackOverflow]].)
+
+    Create and save a file called org-protocol.desktop to ~/.local/share/applications containing:
+
+    : [Desktop Entry]
+    : Name=org-protocol
+    : Exec=emacsclient %u
+    : Type=Application
+    : Terminal=false
+    : Categories=System;
+    : MimeType=x-scheme-handler/org-protocol;
+    
+    Then run:
+
+    : $ update-desktop-database ~/.local/share/applications/
 
-    : gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/org-protocol/command '/usr/local/bin/emacsclient %s' --type String
-    : gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/org-protocol/enabled --type Boolean true
 
 *** Linux setup (KDE)
 
@@ -145,10 +157,6 @@ After installing EmacsClient.app you should then [[Verify the installation]]. On
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       If you are using Firefox on Mac OS X, see [[Mac OS X setup]]. 
 
-   
-      Please refer to http://kb.mozillazine.org/Register_protocol and use
-      "org-protocol" as protocol.
-
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