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xdisp.c: Add commentary about character compositions in bidirectional text.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:19:32 +0200
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ac52af4a044c * BUGS, INSTALL.BZR: Updates.
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1 If you think you may have found a bug in GNU Emacs, please read the
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2 Bugs section of the Emacs manual for advice on
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4 (1) how to tell when to report a bug, and
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5 (2) how to write a useful bug report and what information it needs to have.
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7 You can read the read the Bugs section of the manual from inside Emacs.
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8 Start Emacs, do C-h i to enter Info, then m Emacs RET to get to the
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9 Emacs manual, then m Bugs RET to get to the section on bugs.
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10 Or you can use the standalone Info program in a like manner.
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11 (Standalone Info is part of the Texinfo distribution, not part of the
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12 Emacs distribution.)
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14 Printed copies of the Emacs manual can be purchased from the Free
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15 Software Foundation's online store at <http://shop.fsf.org/>.
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17 If necessary, you can read the manual without an info program:
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19 cat info/emacs* | more "+/^File: emacs, Node: Bugs,"
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fb8bf24d2eb9 * BUGS: Use new binding of view-emacs-problems.
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22 Please first check the file etc/PROBLEMS (e.g. with C-h C-p in Emacs) to
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23 make sure it isn't a known issue.