octave-bug(1)

NAME

octave-bug - report a bug in GNU Octave

SYNOPSIS

octave-bug [-s subject]

DESCRIPTION

octave-bug is a shell script to help the user compose and

mail bug reports concerning Octave in a standard format.

octave-bug is typically invoked by the Octave command bug_report

which is intended to be called interactively from within Octave.

This provides the best way to submit a bug report for Octave. It

creates a template bug report file and starts an editor on that

file. The bug report will be sent to the bug-octave mailing list

once the editing has been completed (this assumes of course that

your system can use email). However, the user could also call

octave-bug outside of Octave.

Please read the `Bugs' chapter in the Octave manual to

find out how to submit a bug report that will enable the Octave

maintainers to fix the problem. If you are unable to use the

bug_report command, send your message to the bug-octave mailing

list, bug@octave.org.

OPTIONS

-s subject

Specify a subject line for the bug report. Spaces

in the subject must be quoted.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

octave-bug uses the environment variables USER, EDITOR,

and PAGER which can be used for customization.

VERSION

This document was last revised for Octave version 2.0.16.

SEE ALSO

octave(1), bashbug(1)

AUTHOR

John W. Eaton
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
USA
<jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>

GNU 6 March 2000

octave-bug(1)