# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 979229423 0
# Node ID a4e73c75cbca1c657622c59fb53443c2d568b3d5
# Parent  90b0537d905619f39443211d59c4b8f87df3914a
Ask for locale info in bug reports.

diff -r 90b0537d9056 -r a4e73c75cbca man/trouble.texi
--- a/man/trouble.texi	Thu Jan 11 16:09:32 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/trouble.texi	Thu Jan 11 16:10:23 2001 +0000
@@ -596,6 +596,19 @@
 stimulates the bug.@refill
 
 @item
+If non-ASCII text or internationalization is relevant, the locale that
+was current when you started Emacs.  You can use this shell command to
+view the relevant values:
+
+@example
+echo LC_ALL=$LC_ALL LC_CTYPE=$LC_CTYPE LANG=$LANG
+@end example
+
+You can use the @kbd{M-!} command to execute the shell command from
+Emacs, and then copy the output from the @samp{*Messages*} buffer into
+the bug report.
+
+@item
 A description of what behavior you observe that you believe is
 incorrect.  For example, ``The Emacs process gets a fatal signal,'' or,
 ``The resulting text is as follows, which I think is wrong.''