From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: D. Goel Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: patch to emacsbug.el proposed.. Date: 01 Sep 2002 20:13:36 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87wuq5uu33.fsf@computer.localdomain> References: <87hehaol77.fsf@computer.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030925767 29124 127.0.0.1 (2 Sep 2002 00:16:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2002 00:16:07 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17lesv-0007ZZ-00 for ; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 02:16:05 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17lfQt-0005PJ-00 for ; Mon, 02 Sep 2002 02:51:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17leuQ-0003nh-00; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 20:17:38 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17leqc-0003Cc-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 20:13:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17leqa-0003CQ-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 20:13:41 -0400 Original-Received: from 24-197-159-102.charterga.net ([24.197.159.102] helo=computer) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17leqX-0003Bv-00; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 20:13:37 -0400 Original-Received: from deego by computer with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17leqW-0005O4-00; Sun, 01 Sep 2002 20:13:36 -0400 Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 39 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:7302 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:7302 > > Isn't that method easier than remembering another command to do the > job? the user can still always follow the older method :). This will just provide an additional way. > > > imho, it would be nice if the system-info part of M-x > report-emacs-bug could be separated into a nice function called, say > insert-system-info.. > > Would you envision using this interactively, or from a program? [a] Interactively: i think i do, i would even prefer the shorter name for the command that i suggested, "insert-system-info" and i even want to locally bind it to a key. Often, i am writing an email to, say, emacs-devel or gnu.emacs.help (which was not started via report-emacs-bug), with, say, X problems etc., and then decide that it would be relevant to include system-info.. [b] From a program: none (yet) that i can think of. I think it will be nice to provide the user a way to easily insert system-info, and help towards making "problem-reports" more descriptive... Just as today peole ask users to post backtrace, they might also start asking users with X problems etc. to M-x insert-system-info :). Anyways, no big deal, there's always the older method :) DG http://24.197.159.102/~deego/ -- RIAA logic applied to cars---> http://www.bbspot.com/News/2002/08/ride_sharing.html