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| author | Stefan Monnier | 2010-10-15 17:55:33 -0400 |
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| committer | Stefan Monnier | 2010-10-15 17:55:33 -0400 |
| commit | 0c747cb143fa227e78f350ac353d703f489209df (patch) | |
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| parent | a01a7932080e8a6e7bc8472c58cefabcc2c37df3 (diff) | |
| parent | aa095b2db98ae149737f8de00ee733b1d257ed33 (diff) | |
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| 1 | If you think you may have found a bug in GNU Emacs, please | 1 | If you think you may have found a bug in GNU Emacs, please read the |
| 2 | read the Bugs section of the Emacs manual for advice on | 2 | Bugs section of the Emacs manual for advice on |
| 3 | |||
| 3 | (1) how to tell when to report a bug, and | 4 | (1) how to tell when to report a bug, and |
| 4 | (2) how to write a useful bug report and what information | 5 | (2) how to write a useful bug report and what information it needs to have. |
| 5 | it needs to have. | ||
| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | There are three ways to read the Bugs section. | 7 | You can read the read the Bugs section of the manual from inside Emacs. |
| 8 | Start Emacs, do C-h i to enter Info, then m Emacs RET to get to the | ||
| 9 | Emacs manual, then m Bugs RET to get to the section on bugs. | ||
| 10 | Or you can use the standalone Info program in a like manner. | ||
| 11 | (Standalone Info is part of the Texinfo distribution, not part of the | ||
| 12 | Emacs distribution.) | ||
| 8 | 13 | ||
| 9 | (1) In a printed copy of the Emacs manual. | 14 | Printed copies of the Emacs manual can be purchased from the Free |
| 10 | You can order one from the Free Software Foundation; | 15 | Software Foundation's online store at <http://shop.fsf.org/>. |
| 11 | see the file etc/ORDERS. But if you don't have a copy on | ||
| 12 | hand and you think you have found a bug, you shouldn't wait | ||
| 13 | to get a printed manual; you should read the section right away | ||
| 14 | as described below. | ||
| 15 | 16 | ||
| 16 | (2) With Info. Start Emacs, do C-h i to enter Info, | 17 | If necessary, you can read the manual without an info program: |
| 17 | then m Emacs RET to get to the Emacs manual, then m Bugs RET | ||
| 18 | to get to the section on bugs. Or use standalone Info in | ||
| 19 | a like manner. (Standalone Info is part of the Texinfo distribution, | ||
| 20 | not part of the Emacs distribution.) | ||
| 21 | 18 | ||
| 22 | (3) By hand. Do | ||
| 23 | cat info/emacs* | more "+/^File: emacs, Node: Bugs," | 19 | cat info/emacs* | more "+/^File: emacs, Node: Bugs," |
| 24 | 20 | ||
| 21 | |||
| 25 | Please first check the file etc/PROBLEMS (e.g. with C-h C-p in Emacs) to | 22 | Please first check the file etc/PROBLEMS (e.g. with C-h C-p in Emacs) to |
| 26 | make sure it isn't a known issue. | 23 | make sure it isn't a known issue. |