emacs/lisp/mail/emacsbug.el

;;; emacsbug.el --- command to report Emacs bugs to appropriate mailing list

;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1994, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

;; Author: K. Shane Hartman
;; Maintainer: FSF
;; Keywords: maint mail

;; Not fully installed because it can work only on Internet hosts.
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;;; Commentary:

;; `M-x report-emacs-bug ' starts an email note to the Emacs maintainers
;; describing a problem.  Here's how it's done...

;;; Code:

;; >> This should be an address which is accessible to your machine,
;; >> otherwise you can't use this file.  It will only work on the
;; >> internet with this address.

(require 'sendmail)

(defgroup emacsbug nil
  "Sending Emacs bug reports."
  :group 'maint
  :group 'mail)

(defcustom report-emacs-bug-address "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org"
  "*Address of mailing list for GNU Emacs bugs."
  :group 'emacsbug
  :type 'string)

(defcustom report-emacs-bug-pretest-address "emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org"
  "*Address of mailing list for GNU Emacs pretest bugs."
  :group 'emacsbug
  :type 'string)

(defvar report-emacs-bug-orig-text nil
  "The automatically-created initial text of bug report.")

(defcustom report-emacs-bug-no-confirmation nil
  "*If non-nil, suppress the confirmations asked for the sake of novice users."
  :group 'emacsbug
  :type 'boolean)

(defcustom report-emacs-bug-no-explanations nil
  "*If non-nil, suppress the explanations given for the sake of novice users."
  :group 'emacsbug
  :type 'boolean)

;;;###autoload
(defun report-emacs-bug (topic &optional recent-keys)
  "Report a bug in GNU Emacs.
Prompts for bug subject.  Leaves you in a mail buffer."
  ;; This strange form ensures that (recent-keys) is the value before
  ;; the bug subject string is read.
  (interactive (reverse (list (recent-keys) (read-string "Bug Subject: "))))
  ;; If there are four numbers in emacs-version, this is a pretest
  ;; version.
  (let ((pretest-p (string-match "\\..*\\..*\\." emacs-version))
	user-point message-end-point)
    (setq message-end-point
	  (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create "*Messages*")
	    (point-max-marker)))
    (compose-mail (if pretest-p
		      report-emacs-bug-pretest-address
		    report-emacs-bug-address)
		  topic)
    ;; The rest of this does not execute
    ;; if the user was asked to confirm and said no.
    (rfc822-goto-eoh)
    (forward-line 1)

    (let ((signature (buffer-substring (point) (point-max))))
      (delete-region (point) (point-max))
      (insert signature)
      (backward-char (length signature)))
    (unless report-emacs-bug-no-explanations
      ;; Insert warnings for novice users.
      (insert "This bug report will be sent to the Free Software Foundation,\n")
      (let ((pos (point)))
	(insert "not to your local site managers!")
	(put-text-property pos (point) 'face 'highlight))
      (insert "\nPlease write in ")
      (let ((pos (point)))
	(insert "English")
	(put-text-property pos (point) 'face 'highlight))
      (insert ", because the Emacs maintainers do not have
translators to read other languages for them.\n\n")
      (insert (format "Your bug report will be posted to the %s mailing list"
		      (if pretest-p
			  report-emacs-bug-pretest-address
			report-emacs-bug-address)))
      (if pretest-p
	  (insert ".\n\n")
	(insert ",\nand to the gnu.emacs.bug news group.\n\n")))

    (insert "In " (emacs-version) "\n")
    (if (and system-configuration-options
	     (not (equal system-configuration-options "")))
	(insert "configured using `configure "
		system-configuration-options "'\n"))
    (insert "Important settings:\n")
    (mapcar
     '(lambda (var)
	(insert (format "  value of $%s: %s\n" var (getenv var))))
     '("LC_ALL" "LC_COLLATE" "LC_CTYPE" "LC_MESSAGES"
       "LC_MONETARY" "LC_NUMERIC" "LC_TIME" "LANG"))
    (insert (format "  locale-coding-system: %s\n" locale-coding-system))
    (insert (format "  default-enable-multibyte-characters: %s\n"
		    default-enable-multibyte-characters))
    (insert "\n")
    (insert "Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug\n"
	    "and the precise symptoms of the bug:\n\n")
    (setq user-point (point))
    (insert "\n\n\n"
	    "Recent input:\n")
    (let ((before-keys (point)))
      (insert (mapconcat (lambda (key)
			   (if (or (integerp key)
				   (symbolp key)
				   (listp key))
			       (single-key-description key)
			     (prin1-to-string key nil)))
			 (or recent-keys (recent-keys))
			 " "))
      (save-restriction
	(narrow-to-region before-keys (point))
	(goto-char before-keys)
	(while (progn (move-to-column 50) (not (eobp)))
	  (search-forward " " nil t)
	  (insert "\n"))))
    (let ((message-buf (get-buffer "*Messages*")))
      (if message-buf
	  (let (beg-pos
		(end-pos message-end-point))
	    (with-current-buffer message-buf
	      (goto-char end-pos)
	      (forward-line -10)
	      (setq beg-pos (point)))
	    (insert "\n\nRecent messages:\n")
	    (insert-buffer-substring message-buf beg-pos end-pos))))
    ;; This is so the user has to type something
    ;; in order to send easily.
    (use-local-map (nconc (make-sparse-keymap) (current-local-map)))
    (define-key (current-local-map) "\C-c\C-i" 'report-emacs-bug-info)
    (unless report-emacs-bug-no-explanations
      (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Bug Help*"
	(if (eq mail-user-agent 'sendmail-user-agent)
	    (princ (substitute-command-keys
		    "Type \\[mail-send-and-exit] to send the bug report.\n")))
	(princ (substitute-command-keys
		"Type \\[kill-buffer] RET to cancel (don't send it).\n"))
	(terpri)
	(princ (substitute-command-keys
		"Type \\[report-emacs-bug-info] to visit in Info the Emacs Manual section
about when and how to write a bug report,
and what information to supply so that the bug can be fixed.
Type SPC to scroll through this section and its subsections."))))
    ;; Make it less likely people will send empty messages.
    (make-local-variable 'mail-send-hook)
    (add-hook 'mail-send-hook 'report-emacs-bug-hook)
    (save-excursion
      (goto-char (point-max))
      (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
      (make-local-variable 'report-emacs-bug-orig-text)
      (setq report-emacs-bug-orig-text (buffer-substring (point-min) (point))))
    (goto-char user-point)))

(defun report-emacs-bug-info ()
  "Go to the Info node on reporting Emacs bugs."
  (interactive)
  (info)
  (Info-directory)
  (Info-menu "emacs")
  (Info-goto-node "Bugs"))

(defun report-emacs-bug-hook ()
  (save-excursion
    (goto-char (point-max))
    (skip-chars-backward " \t\n")
    (if (and (= (- (point) (point-min))
		(length report-emacs-bug-orig-text))
	     (equal (buffer-substring (point-min) (point))
		    report-emacs-bug-orig-text))
	(error "No text entered in bug report"))

    ;; Check the buffer contents and reject non-English letters.
    (save-excursion
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (skip-chars-forward "\0-\177")
      (if (not (eobp))
	  (if (or report-emacs-bug-no-confirmation
		  (y-or-n-p "Convert non-ASCII letters to hexadecimal? "))
	      (while (progn (skip-chars-forward "\0-\177")
			    (not (eobp)))
		(let ((ch (following-char)))
		  (delete-char 1)
		  (insert (format "=%02x" ch)))))))

    ;; The last warning for novice users.
    (if (or report-emacs-bug-no-confirmation
	    (yes-or-no-p
	     "Send this bug report to the Emacs maintainers? "))
	;; Just send the current mail.
	nil
      (goto-char (point-min))
      (if (search-forward "To: ")
	  (let ((pos (point)))
	    (end-of-line)
	    (delete-region pos (point))))
      (kill-local-variable 'mail-send-hook)
      (with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Bug Help*"
	(princ (substitute-command-keys "\
You invoked the command M-x report-emacs-bug,
but you decided not to mail the bug report to the Emacs maintainers.

If you want to mail it to someone else instead,
please insert the proper e-mail address after \"To: \",
and send the mail again using \\[mail-send-and-exit].")))
      (error "M-x report-emacs-bug was cancelled, please read *Bug Help* buffer"))

    ;; Unclutter
    (mail-text)
    (let ((p (point)))
      (re-search-forward (concat "^In " (emacs-version)))
      (delete-region p (match-beginning 0)))
    (re-search-forward "Please describe.+\n.+precise symptoms.+bug:\n*"
                       (point-max) t)
    (replace-match "Symptoms:\n")))

(provide 'emacsbug)

;;; emacsbug.el ends here