GNU bug report logs - #20697
25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 14:43:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20697: closed (25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on
 splash screen)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 20:37:02 +0000
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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 07:42:41 -0700 (PDT)
Consider adding `M-x report-emacs-bug' to the splash page.
(And consider pointing out the Help menu, on the splash page.)

Here is one indication that a new user might not know how to file a
bug report: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=20628#284

  This is a bug that had annoyed me 4 or 5 years ago when I first used
  Emacs, but at that time I didn't really know how to report bugs.

In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
 of 2014-10-20 on LEG570
Bzr revision: 118168 rgm <at> gnu.org-20141020195941-icp42t8ttcnud09g
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601
Configured using:
 `configure --enable-checking=yes,glyphs CPPFLAGS=-DGLYPH_DEBUG=1'


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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20697-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#20697: 25.0.50;
 Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:36:43 +0100
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Then the patch is fine with me, thanks.

Thanks.  Pushed to emacs-27 as 778923afe5.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas


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