annotate BUGS @ 104712:c4fb8f245750

* paths.el (abbrev-file-name): Move to abbrev.el. * abbrev.el (abbrev-file-name): Move from paths.el. Obey user-emacs-directory. * calc/calc.el (calc-settings-file): Don't autoload and instead obey user-emacs-directory. * dos-fns.el (dos-reevaluate-defcustoms): Don't reevaluate abbrev-file-name and calc-settings-file any more. * startup.el (command-line): Recompute abbrev-file-name and abbreviated-home-dir. (normal-no-mouse-startup-screen): Improve the generic code and get rid of the special code for when C-h bindings haven't been changed. (display-startup-echo-area-message): Use with-current-buffer. (command-line-1): Use a list of strings, rather than a list of lists of strings for longopts.
author Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
date Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:22:38 +0000
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1 If you think you may have found a bug in GNU Emacs, please
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2 read the Bugs section of the Emacs manual for advice on
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3 (1) how to tell when to report a bug, and
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4 (2) how to write a useful bug report and what information
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5 it needs to have.
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7 There are three ways to read the Bugs section.
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9 (1) In a printed copy of the Emacs manual.
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10 You can order one from the Free Software Foundation;
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11 see the file etc/ORDERS. But if you don't have a copy on
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12 hand and you think you have found a bug, you shouldn't wait
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13 to get a printed manual; you should read the section right away
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14 as described below.
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16 (2) With Info. Start Emacs, do C-h i to enter Info,
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17 then m Emacs RET to get to the Emacs manual, then m Bugs RET
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18 to get to the section on bugs. Or use standalone Info in
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19 a like manner. (Standalone Info is part of the Texinfo distribution,
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20 not part of the Emacs distribution.)
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22 (3) By hand. Do
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23 cat info/emacs* | more "+/^File: emacs, Node: Bugs,"
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25 Please first check the file etc/PROBLEMS (e.g. with C-h C-p in Emacs) to
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26 make sure it isn't a known issue.