octave-bug(1)

1octave-bug(1)               General Commands Manual              octave-bug(1)
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NAME

6       octave-bug - report a bug in GNU Octave
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SYNOPSIS

9       octave-bug [-s subject]
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DESCRIPTION

12       octave-bug  is  a  shell  script  to help the user compose and mail bug
13       reports concerning Octave in a standard format.   octave-bug  is  typi‐
14       cally  invoked by the Octave command bug_report which is intended to be
15       called interactively from within Octave. This provides the best way  to
16       submit  a  bug report for Octave. It creates a template bug report file
17       and starts an editor on that file.  The bug report will be sent to  the
18       bug-octave  mailing  list  once  the  editing  has been completed (this
19       assumes of course that your system can use email).  However,  the  user
20       could also call octave-bug outside of Octave.
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22       Please  read the `Bugs' chapter in the Octave manual to find out how to
23       submit a bug report that will enable the Octave maintainers to fix  the
24       problem.   If  you  are unable to use the bug_report command, send your
25       message to the bug-octave mailing list, bug@octave.org.
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OPTIONS

28       -s subject
29              Specify a subject line for the bug report.  Spaces in  the  sub‐
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ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

33       octave-bug uses the environment variables USER, EDITOR, and PAGER which
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VERSION

37       This document was last revised for Octave version 2.0.16.
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AUTHOR

43       John W. Eaton
44       <jwe@octave.org>
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48GNU                              6 March 2000                    octave-bug(1)