From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 20697@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 21:33:43 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8760uydh7s.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <279f13f9-e156-4e8b-824c-8e9704033679@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Sat, 30 May 2015 07:42:41 -0700 (PDT)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@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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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-30 19:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-05-30 14:42 bug#20697: 25.0.50; Mention `M-x report-emacs-bug' on splash screen Drew Adams
2016-04-30 19:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-08-21 0:41 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-08-21 1:59 ` Drew Adams
2019-08-21 20:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-08-21 21:02 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-08-21 21:27 ` Drew Adams
2019-09-13 19:39 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-13 20:13 ` Drew Adams
2019-09-14 12:01 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-14 15:54 ` Drew Adams
2019-09-28 13:44 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-28 13:49 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-29 0:42 ` Drew Adams
2020-01-16 2:06 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-01-16 14:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-01-16 14:55 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-01-16 15:16 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-01-16 20:36 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-08-21 21:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-13 19:29 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-14 6:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-14 12:06 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-09-14 12:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2019-09-28 13:39 ` Stefan Kangas
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