X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/blobdiff_plain/6bdc10ea7b14ccf43ecdea6d9097eb00575ffb23..9bf31d1d3f35880c652f76509d1e27d33e454121:/BUGS diff --git a/BUGS b/BUGS index 5586529c02..30bf10ed94 100644 --- a/BUGS +++ b/BUGS @@ -1,26 +1,26 @@ -If you think you may have found a bug in GNU Emacs, please -read the Bugs section of the Emacs manual for advice on +If you think you may have found a bug in GNU Emacs, please read the +Bugs section of the Emacs manual for advice on + (1) how to tell when to report a bug, and -(2) how to write a useful bug report and what information -it needs to have. +(2) how to write a useful bug report and what information it needs to have. + +You can read the Bugs section of the manual from inside Emacs. +Start Emacs, and press + C-h r (to view the Emacs manual) + m Bugs RET (to go to the section on Bugs) +Or you can use the standalone Info program: + info emacs + m Bugs RET +(Standalone Info is part of the Texinfo distribution, not part of the +Emacs distribution.) -There are three ways to read the Bugs section. +Printed copies of the Emacs manual can be purchased from the Free +Software Foundation's online store at . -(1) In a printed copy of the Emacs manual. -You can order one from the Free Software Foundation; -see the file etc/ORDERS. But if you don't have a copy on -hand and you think you have found a bug, you shouldn't wait -to get a printed manual; you should read the section right away -as described below. +If necessary, you can read the manual without an info program: -(2) With Info. Start Emacs, do C-h i to enter Info, -then m Emacs RET to get to the Emacs manual, then m Bugs RET -to get to the section on bugs. Or use standalone Info in -a like manner. (Standalone Info is part of the Texinfo distribution, -not part of the Emacs distribution.) + cat info/emacs* | more "+/^File: emacs.*, Node: Bugs," -(3) By hand. Do - cat info/emacs* | more "+/^File: emacs, Node: Bugs," -Please first check the file etc/PROBLEMS (e.g. with C-h C-e in Emacs) to +Please first check the file etc/PROBLEMS (e.g. with C-h C-p in Emacs) to make sure it isn't a known issue.