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   1 ;;; emacsbug.el --- command to report Emacs bugs to appropriate mailing list.
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   4
   5 ;; Author: K. Shane Hartman
   6 ;; Maintainer: FSF
   7 ;; Keywords: maint
   8
   9 ;; Not fully installed because it can work only on Internet hosts.
  10 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
  11
  12 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  13 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  14 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
  15 ;; any later version.
  16
  17 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  18 ;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  19 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  20 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
  21
  22 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  23 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
  24 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  25
  26 ;;; Commentary:
  27
  28 ;; `M-x report-emacs-bug ' starts an email note to the Emacs maintainers
  29 ;; describing a problem.  Here's how it's done...
  30
  31 ;;; Code:
  32
  33 ;; >> This should be an address which is accessible to your machine,
  34 ;; >> otherwise you can't use this file.  It will only work on the
  35 ;; >> internet with this address.
  36
  37 (require 'sendmail)
  38
  39 (defvar bug-gnu-emacs "bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu"
  40   "Address of site maintaining mailing list for GNU Emacs bugs.")
  41
  42 (defvar report-emacs-bug-orig-text nil
  43   "The automatically-created initial text of bug report.")
  44
  45 ;;;###autoload
  46 (defun report-emacs-bug (topic)
  47   "Report a bug in GNU Emacs.
  48 Prompts for bug subject.  Leaves you in a mail buffer."
  49   (interactive "sBug Subject: ")
  50   (mail nil bug-gnu-emacs topic)
  51   (goto-char (point-min))
  52   (re-search-forward (concat "^" (regexp-quote mail-header-separator) "\n"))
  53   (insert "In " (emacs-version) "\nconfigured using "
  54           system-configuration-options "\n\n")
  55   (message (substitute-command-keys "Type \\[mail-send-and-exit] to send bug report."))
  56   ;; Make it less likely people will send empty messages.
  57   (make-local-variable 'mail-send-hook)
  58   (add-hook 'mail-send-hook 'report-emacs-bug-hook)
  59   (save-excursion
  60     (goto-char (point-max))
  61     (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
  62     (make-local-variable 'report-emacs-bug-orig-text)
  63     (setq report-emacs-bug-orig-text (buffer-substring (point-min) (point)))))
  64
  65 (defun report-emacs-bug-hook ()
  66   (save-excursion
  67     (goto-char (point-max))
  68     (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
  69     (if (and (= (- (point) (point-min))
  70                 (length report-emacs-bug-orig-text))
  71              (equal (buffer-substring (point-min) (point))
  72                     report-emacs-bug-orig-text))
  73         (error "No text entered in bug report"))))
  74
  75 (provide 'emacsbug)
  76
  77 ;;; emacsbug.el ends here