diff DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml @ 11540:d480f7e36b74

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author wight
date Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:07:40 +0000
parents 9da833258d9d
children 3860159f1591
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--- a/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml	Sun Nov 30 03:10:46 2003 +0000
+++ b/DOCS/xml/en/bugreports.xml	Sun Nov 30 13:07:40 2003 +0000
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 software project. But just like writing good software, good problem reports
 involve some work. Please realize that most developers are extremely busy and
 receive obscene amounts of email. So while your feedback is crucial in improving
-MPlayer and very much appreciated, please understand that you have to provide
-<emphasis role="bold">all</emphasis> of the information we request and follow
-the instructions in this document closely.
+<application>MPlayer</application> and very much appreciated, please understand
+that you have to provide <emphasis role="bold">all</emphasis> of the information
+we request and follow the instructions in this document closely.
 </para>
 <sect1 id="bugreports_fix">
 <title>How to fix bugs</title>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 If you feel have the necessary skills you are invited to have a go at fixing the
 bug yourself. Or maybe you already did that? Please read
 <ulink url="../../tech/patches.txt">this short document</ulink> to find out how to
-get your code included in MPlayer. The people on the
+get your code included in <application>MPlayer</application>. The people on the
 <ulink url="http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-dev-eng">mplayer-dev-eng</ulink>
 mailing list will assist you if you have questions.
 </para>
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@
 <sect1 id="bugreports_report">
 <title>How to report bugs</title>
 <para>
-First of all please try the latest CVS version of MPlayer as your bug might
-already be fixed there. Development moves extremely fast, most problems in
-official releases are reported within days or even hours, so please use
-<emphasis role="bold">only CVS</emphasis> to report bugs. This includes
-binary packages of MPlayer. CVS instructions can be found at the bottom of
+First of all please try the latest CVS version of <application>MPlayer</application>
+as your bug might already be fixed there. Development moves extremely fast,
+most problems in official releases are reported within days or even hours, so
+please use <emphasis role="bold">only CVS</emphasis> to report bugs. This
+includes binary packages of <application>MPlayer</application>. CVS
+instructions can be found at the bottom of
 <ulink url="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/homepage/dload.html">this page</ulink> or in
 the README. If this did not help please refer to the list of
 <link linkend="bugs">known bugs</link> and the rest of the documentation. If your
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 Please do not send bug reports privately to individual developers. This is
 community work and thus there might be several people interested in it. Sometimes
 other users already experienced your troubles and know how to circumvent a problem
-even if it is a bug in MPlayer code.
+even if it is a bug in <application>MPlayer</application> code.
 </para>
 
 <para>
@@ -245,9 +246,9 @@
 <para>
 Also upload a small text file having the same base name as your file with a .txt
 extension. Describe the problem you are having with the particular file there and
-include your email address as well as the output of MPlayer at verbosity level 1.
-Usually the first 1-5 MB of a file are enough to reproduce the problem, but to be
-sure we ask you to:
+include your email address as well as the output of <application>MPlayer</application>
+at verbosity level 1. Usually the first 1-5 MB of a file are enough to reproduce
+the problem, but to be sure we ask you to:
 <screen>dd if=<replaceable>yourfile</replaceable> of=<replaceable>smallfile</replaceable> bs=1024k count=5</screen>
 It will take the first five megabytes of '<emphasis role="bold">your-file</emphasis>'
 and write it to '<emphasis role="bold">small-file</emphasis>'. Then try again on
@@ -270,12 +271,12 @@
 <sect3 id="bugreports_debug">
 <title>How to conserve information about a reproducible crash</title>
 <para>
-Recompile MPlayer with debugging code enabled:
+Recompile <application>MPlayer</application> with debugging code enabled:
 <screen>
 ./configure --enable-debug=3
 make
 </screen>
-and then run MPlayer within gdb using:
+and then run <application>MPlayer</application> within gdb using:
 <screen>gdb ./mplayer</screen>
 You are now within gdb. Type:
 <screen>run -v <replaceable>options-to-mplayer</replaceable> <replaceable>filename</replaceable></screen>
@@ -309,18 +310,18 @@
 <title>I know what I am doing...</title>
 <para>
 If you created a proper bug report following the steps above and you are confident
-it is a bug in MPlayer, not a compiler problem or broken file, you have already
-read the documentation and you could not find a solution, your sound drivers are
-OK, then you might want to subscribe to the mplayer-advusers list and send your
-bug report there to get a better and faster answer.
+it is a bug in <application>MPlayer</application>, not a compiler problem or broken
+file, you have already read the documentation and you could not find a solution,
+your sound drivers are OK, then you might want to subscribe to the mplayer-advusers
+list and send your bug report there to get a better and faster answer.
 </para>
 
 <para>
 Please be advised that if you post newbie questions or questions answered in the
 manual there, you will be ignored or flamed instead of getting an appropriate answer.
 So do not flame us and subscribe to -advusers only if you really know what you are
-doing and feel like being an advanced MPlayer user or developer. If you meet these
-criteria it should not be difficult to find out how to subscribe...
+doing and feel like being an advanced <application>MPlayer</application> user or
+developer. If you meet these criteria it should not be difficult to find out how to subscribe...
 </para>
 
 </sect1>