annotate BUGS @ 30212:f45d26144129

(show_help_echo): Add parameters OBJECT and POS. if HELP is a function, call it with OBJECT and POS as parameters to get the help to display. (gen_help_event, kbd_buffer_store_help_event): New functions. (kbd_buffer_get_event): Construct the Lisp help-event differently. (read_char): Call show_help_echo with new parameters.
author Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
date Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:55:25 +0000
parents 354e0c45cedf
children af68d12218d0
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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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