bug#57752: 28.1.91; emacsclient-mail.desktop doesn't work for me

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com> writes:

> If there are some other uses people have for the more-flexible
> implementation, I think it would help to list those so we can be sure
> the chosen solution addresses them.

The general use case is that having --apply just makes things easier to
script without having to worry about string interpolation.  Getting
--eval "(...\\"$foo\\" $bar)" etc right in all circumstances is hard and
leads to fragile scripts.