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1;;; emacsbug.el --- command to report Emacs bugs to appropriate mailing list.
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3;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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e5167999 5;; Author: K. Shane Hartman
2f14b48d 6;; Maintainer: FSF
e9571d2a 7;; Keywords: maint
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a2535589 9;; Not fully installed because it can work only on Internet hosts.
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10;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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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
e5167999 14;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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15;; any later version.
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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.
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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.
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26;;; Commentary:
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28;; `M-x report-emacs-bug ' starts an email note to the Emacs maintainers
29;; describing a problem. Here's how it's done...
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2f14b48d 31;;; Code:
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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.
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37(defvar bug-gnu-emacs "bug-gnu-emacs@prep.ai.mit.edu"
56d506fc 38 "Address of site maintaining mailing list for GNU Emacs bugs.")
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aa228418 40;;;###autoload
a2535589 41(defun report-emacs-bug (topic)
aa228418 42 "Report a bug in GNU Emacs.
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43Prompts 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.")))
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c0274f38 50;;; emacsbug.el ends here