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   1 ;;; emacsbug.el --- command to report Emacs bugs to appropriate mailing list
   2
   3 ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
   4 ;;   2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   5
   6 ;; Author: K. Shane Hartman
   7 ;; Maintainer: FSF
   8 ;; Keywords: maint mail
   9
  10 ;; Not fully installed because it can work only on Internet hosts.
  11 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
  12
  13 ;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  14 ;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  15 ;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
  16 ;; any later version.
  17
  18 ;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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  20 ;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  21 ;; GNU General Public License for more details.
  22
  23 ;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  24 ;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the
  25 ;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
  26 ;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  27
  28 ;;; Commentary:
  29
  30 ;; `M-x report-emacs-bug' starts an email note to the Emacs maintainers
  31 ;; describing a problem.  Here's how it's done...
  32
  33 ;;; Code:
  34
  35 ;; >> This should be an address which is accessible to your machine,
  36 ;; >> otherwise you can't use this file.  It will only work on the
  37 ;; >> internet with this address.
  38
  39 (require 'sendmail)
  40
  41 (defgroup emacsbug nil
  42   "Sending Emacs bug reports."
  43   :group 'maint
  44   :group 'mail)
  45
  46 (defcustom report-emacs-bug-address "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org"
  47   "*Address of mailing list for GNU Emacs bugs."
  48   :group 'emacsbug
  49   :type 'string)
  50
  51 (defcustom report-emacs-bug-pretest-address "emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org"
  52   "*Address of mailing list for GNU Emacs pretest bugs."
  53   :group 'emacsbug
  54   :type 'string)
  55
  56 (defvar report-emacs-bug-orig-text nil
  57   "The automatically-created initial text of bug report.")
  58
  59 (defcustom report-emacs-bug-no-confirmation nil
  60   "*If non-nil, suppress the confirmations asked for the sake of novice users."
  61   :group 'emacsbug
  62   :type 'boolean)
  63
  64 (defcustom report-emacs-bug-no-explanations nil
  65   "*If non-nil, suppress the explanations given for the sake of novice users."
  66   :group 'emacsbug
  67   :type 'boolean)
  68
  69 ;;;###autoload
  70 (defun report-emacs-bug (topic &optional recent-keys)
  71   "Report a bug in GNU Emacs.
  72 Prompts for bug subject.  Leaves you in a mail buffer."
  73   ;; This strange form ensures that (recent-keys) is the value before
  74   ;; the bug subject string is read.
  75   (interactive (reverse (list (recent-keys) (read-string "Bug Subject: "))))
  76   ;; If there are four numbers in emacs-version, this is a pretest
  77   ;; version.
  78   (let* ((pretest-p (string-match "\\..*\\..*\\." emacs-version))
  79         (from-buffer (current-buffer))
  80         (reporting-address (if pretest-p
  81                                report-emacs-bug-pretest-address
  82                              report-emacs-bug-address))
  83         ;; Put these properties on semantically-void text.
  84         (prompt-properties '(field emacsbug-prompt
  85                                    intangible but-helpful
  86                                    rear-nonsticky t))
  87         user-point message-end-point)
  88     (setq message-end-point
  89           (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Messages*")
  90             (point-max-marker)))
  91     (compose-mail reporting-address
  92                   topic)
  93     ;; The rest of this does not execute
  94     ;; if the user was asked to confirm and said no.
  95     (rfc822-goto-eoh)
  96     (forward-line 1)
  97
  98     (let ((signature (buffer-substring (point) (point-max))))
  99       (delete-region (point) (point-max))
 100       (insert signature)
 101       (backward-char (length signature)))
 102     (unless report-emacs-bug-no-explanations
 103       ;; Insert warnings for novice users.
 104       (when (string-match "@gnu\\.org^" reporting-address)
 105         (insert "This bug report will be sent to the Free Software Foundation,\n")
 106         (let ((pos (point)))
 107           (insert "not to your local site managers!")
 108           (put-text-property pos (point) 'face 'highlight)))
 109         (insert "\nPlease write in ")
 110       (let ((pos (point)))
 111         (insert "English")
 112         (put-text-property pos (point) 'face 'highlight))
 113       (insert " if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
 114 usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.\n\n")
 115       (insert (format "Your bug report will be posted to the %s mailing list"
 116                       reporting-address))
 117       (if pretest-p
 118           (insert ".\n\n")
 119         (insert ",\nand to the gnu.emacs.bug news group.\n\n")))
 120
 121     (insert "Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug\n"
 122             "and the precise symptoms of the bug:\n\n")
 123     (add-text-properties (point) (save-excursion (mail-text) (point))
 124                          prompt-properties)
 125
 126     (setq user-point (point))
 127     (insert "\n\n")
 128
 129     (insert "If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,\n"
 130             "please include the output from the following gdb commands:\n"
 131             "    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.\n")
 132
 133     (let ((debug-file (expand-file-name "DEBUG" data-directory)))
 134       (if (file-readable-p debug-file)
 135         (insert "If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file\n"
 136                 debug-file " for instructions.\n")))
 137     (add-text-properties (1+ user-point) (point) prompt-properties)
 138
 139     (insert "\n\nIn " (emacs-version) "\n")
 140     (if (fboundp 'x-server-vendor)
 141         (condition-case nil
 142             (insert "X server distributor `" (x-server-vendor) "', version "
 143                     (mapconcat 'number-to-string (x-server-version) ".") "\n")
 144           (error t)))
 145     (if (and system-configuration-options
 146              (not (equal system-configuration-options "")))
 147         (insert "configured using `configure "
 148                 system-configuration-options "'\n\n"))
 149     (insert "Important settings:\n")
 150     (mapcar
 151      '(lambda (var)
 152         (insert (format "  value of $%s: %s\n" var (getenv var))))
 153      '("LC_ALL" "LC_COLLATE" "LC_CTYPE" "LC_MESSAGES"
 154        "LC_MONETARY" "LC_NUMERIC" "LC_TIME" "LANG" "XMODIFIERS"))
 155     (insert (format "  locale-coding-system: %s\n" locale-coding-system))
 156     (insert (format "  default-enable-multibyte-characters: %s\n"
 157                     default-enable-multibyte-characters))
 158     (insert "\n")
 159     (insert (format "Major mode: %s\n"
 160                     (buffer-local-value 'mode-name from-buffer)))
 161     (insert "\n")
 162     (insert "Minor modes in effect:\n")
 163     (dolist (mode minor-mode-list)
 164       (and (boundp mode) (buffer-local-value mode from-buffer)
 165            (insert (format "  %s: %s\n" mode
 166                            (buffer-local-value mode from-buffer)))))
 167     (insert "\n")
 168     (insert "Recent input:\n")
 169     (let ((before-keys (point)))
 170       (insert (mapconcat (lambda (key)
 171                            (if (or (integerp key)
 172                                    (symbolp key)
 173                                    (listp key))
 174                                (single-key-description key)
 175                              (prin1-to-string key nil)))
 176                          (or recent-keys (recent-keys))
 177                          " "))
 178       (save-restriction
 179         (narrow-to-region before-keys (point))
 180         (goto-char before-keys)
 181         (while (progn (move-to-column 50) (not (eobp)))
 182           (search-forward " " nil t)
 183           (insert "\n"))))
 184     (let ((message-buf (get-buffer "*Messages*")))
 185       (if message-buf
 186           (let (beg-pos
 187                 (end-pos message-end-point))
 188             (with-current-buffer message-buf
 189               (goto-char end-pos)
 190               (forward-line -10)
 191               (setq beg-pos (point)))
 192             (insert "\n\nRecent messages:\n")
 193             (insert-buffer-substring message-buf beg-pos end-pos))))
 194     ;; This is so the user has to type something
 195     ;; in order to send easily.
 196     (use-local-map (nconc (make-sparse-keymap) (current-local-map)))
 197     (define-key (current-local-map) "\C-c\C-i" 'report-emacs-bug-info)
 198     (unless report-emacs-bug-no-explanations
 199       (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Bug Help*"
 200         (if (eq mail-user-agent 'sendmail-user-agent)
 201             (princ (substitute-command-keys
 202                     "Type \\[mail-send-and-exit] to send the bug report.\n")))
 203         (princ (substitute-command-keys
 204                 "Type \\[kill-buffer] RET to cancel (don't send it).\n"))
 205         (terpri)
 206         (princ (substitute-command-keys
 207                 "Type \\[report-emacs-bug-info] to visit in Info the Emacs Manual section
 208 about when and how to write a bug report,
 209 and what information to supply so that the bug can be fixed.
 210 Type SPC to scroll through this section and its subsections."))))
 211     ;; Make it less likely people will send empty messages.
 212     (make-local-variable 'mail-send-hook)
 213     (add-hook 'mail-send-hook 'report-emacs-bug-hook)
 214     (save-excursion
 215       (goto-char (point-max))
 216       (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
 217       (make-local-variable 'report-emacs-bug-orig-text)
 218       (setq report-emacs-bug-orig-text (buffer-substring (point-min) (point))))
 219     (goto-char user-point)))
 220
 221 (defun report-emacs-bug-info ()
 222   "Go to the Info node on reporting Emacs bugs."
 223   (interactive)
 224   (info)
 225   (Info-directory)
 226   (Info-menu "emacs")
 227   (Info-goto-node "Bugs"))
 228
 229 (defun report-emacs-bug-hook ()
 230   (save-excursion
 231     (save-excursion
 232       (goto-char (point-max))
 233       (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
 234       (if (and (= (- (point) (point-min))
 235                   (length report-emacs-bug-orig-text))
 236                (equal (buffer-substring (point-min) (point))
 237                       report-emacs-bug-orig-text))
 238           (error "No text entered in bug report")))
 239
 240     ;; Check the buffer contents and reject non-English letters.
 241     (save-excursion
 242       (goto-char (point-min))
 243       (skip-chars-forward "\0-\177")
 244       (if (not (eobp))
 245           (if (or report-emacs-bug-no-confirmation
 246                   (y-or-n-p "Convert non-ASCII letters to hexadecimal? "))
 247               (while (progn (skip-chars-forward "\0-\177")
 248                             (not (eobp)))
 249                 (let ((ch (following-char)))
 250                   (delete-char 1)
 251                   (insert (format "=%02x" ch)))))))
 252
 253     ;; The last warning for novice users.
 254     (if (or report-emacs-bug-no-confirmation
 255             (yes-or-no-p
 256              "Send this bug report to the Emacs maintainers? "))
 257         ;; Just send the current mail.
 258         nil
 259       (goto-char (point-min))
 260       (if (search-forward "To: ")
 261           (let ((pos (point)))
 262             (end-of-line)
 263             (delete-region pos (point))))
 264       (kill-local-variable 'mail-send-hook)
 265       (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Bug Help*"
 266         (princ (substitute-command-keys "\
 267 You invoked the command M-x report-emacs-bug,
 268 but you decided not to mail the bug report to the Emacs maintainers.
 269
 270 If you want to mail it to someone else instead,
 271 please insert the proper e-mail address after \"To: \",
 272 and send the mail again using \\[mail-send-and-exit].")))
 273       (error "M-x report-emacs-bug was cancelled, please read *Bug Help* buffer"))
 274
 275     ;; Unclutter
 276     (mail-text)
 277     (let ((pos (1- (point))))
 278       (while (setq pos (text-property-any pos (point-max)
 279                                           'field 'emacsbug-prompt))
 280         (delete-region pos (field-end (1+ pos)))))))
 281
 282 (provide 'emacsbug)
 283
 284 ;;; arch-tag: 248b6523-c3b5-4fec-9a3f-0411fafa7d49
 285 ;;; emacsbug.el ends here