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Gnome menu entries for Emacs are confusing  
Written by mzuther the 19 Jul 09 at 11:21. New
I think the double Gnome menu entry for Emacs (i.e. "Emacs 22 (client)" and "Emacs 22 (GTK)") are confusing. I always have to stop and think for a while which one I should use in a given situation.
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Solution #1: Merge into one menu entry
Written by mzuther the 19 Jul 09 at 11:21.
The current command of "Emacs 22 (client)" already ensures that a file will open in an existing Emacs window if you have an Emacs server running, and will otherwise open a new instance of Emacs. And this is probably the expected behaviour for most users. So just remove the menu entry for "Emacs 22 (GTK)" and rename "Emacs 22 (client)" to "Emacs 22".
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Solution #2: Rename current menu entries
Written by mzuther the 19 Jul 09 at 11:22.
If you want to keep the possibility to open a new instance of Emacs (which one could do from the command line anyway), renaming the menu entries would do most of the trick:

"Emacs 22 (client)" -> "Emacs 22"
"Emacs 22 (GTK)" -> "Emacs 22 (new instance)"

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