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