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1 ;;; emacsbug.el --- command to report Emacs bugs to appropriate mailing list.
2
3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985 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 (defvar bug-gnu-emacs "bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu"
38 "Address of site maintaining mailing list for GNU Emacs bugs.")
39
40 ;;;###autoload
41 (defun report-emacs-bug (topic)
42 "Report a bug in GNU Emacs.
43 Prompts for bug subject. Leaves you in a mail buffer."
44 (interactive "sBug Subject: ")
45 (mail nil bug-gnu-emacs topic)
46 (goto-char (point-max))
47 (insert "\nIn " (emacs-version) "\n\n")
48 (message (substitute-command-keys "Type \\[mail-send] to send bug report.")))
49
50 (provide 'emacsbug)
51
52 ;;; emacsbug.el ends here