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# Copyright (C) 1994, 1995 John W. Eaton
#
# This file is part of Octave.
#
# Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
# Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
# later version.
#
# Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
# for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
# Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
function bug_report ()
# usage: bug_report
#
# Have Octave create a bug report template file, invoke your favorite
# editor, and submit the report to the bug-octave mailing list when
# you are finished editing.
if (nargin != 0)
warning ("bug_report: ignoring extra arguments");
endif
printf ("Please enter a one-line description of your bug report.\n\n");
fflush (stdout);
subject = "";
subject = input ("Subject: ", "s");
# XXX FIXME XXX -- really need a better system command, one that will
# automatically send output from the command to stdout...
prefs = octave_tmp_file_name ();
if (! isempty (prefs))
fopen (prefs, "w");
dump_prefs (prefs);
fclose (prefs);
endif
cmd = "octave-bug";
if (length (subject) > 0)
cmd = sprintf ("%s -s \"%s\"", cmd, subject);
endif
if (! isempty (prefs))
cmd = sprintf ("%s %s", cmd, prefs);
endif
system (sprintf ("%s > /dev/tty", cmd));
if (! isempty (prefs))
system (sprintf ("rm -f %s", prefs));
endif
endfunction