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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
-