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

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Message #8 received at 20697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 20697 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20697: 25.0.50;
 Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 21:33:43 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> 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.

There's already too much verbiage on the splash screen, but perhaps this
would make sense...

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