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- ;;; reporter.el --- customizable bug reporting of lisp programs
- ;; Copyright (C) 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- ;; Author: 1993 Barry A. Warsaw, Century Computing Inc. <bwarsaw@cen.com>
- ;; Maintainer: bwarsaw@cen.com
- ;; Created: 19-Apr-1993
- ;; Keywords: bug reports lisp
-
- ;; This file is not yet part of GNU Emacs.
- ;;
- ;; This program 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 of the License, or
- ;; (at your option) any later version.
- ;;
- ;; This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- ;; Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
-
- ;; Introduction
- ;; ============
- ;; This program is for lisp package authors and is used to ease
- ;; reporting of bugs. When invoked, reporter-submit-bug-report will
- ;; set up a mail buffer with the appropriate bug report address,
- ;; including a lisp expression the maintainer of the package can use
- ;; to completely reproduce the environment in which the bug was
- ;; observed (e.g. by using eval-last-sexp). This package is especially
- ;; useful for my development of c++-mode.el, which is highly dependent
- ;; on its configuration variables.
- ;;
- ;; Do a "C-h f reporter-submit-bug-report" for more information.
- ;; Here's an example usage:
- ;;
- ;; (defconst mypkg-version "9.801")
- ;; (defconst mypkg-maintainer-address "mypkg-help@foo.com")
- ;; (defun mypkg-submit-bug-report ()
- ;; "Submit via mail a bug report on mypkg"
- ;; (interactive)
- ;; (require 'reporter)
- ;; (and (y-or-n-p "Do you really want to submit a report on mypkg? ")
- ;; (reporter-submit-bug-report
- ;; mypkg-maintainer-address
- ;; (concat "mypkg.el " mypkg-version)
- ;; (list 'mypkg-variable-1
- ;; 'mypkg-variable-2
- ;; ;; ...
- ;; 'mypkg-variable-last))))
-
- ;; Mailing List
- ;; ============
- ;; I've set up a mailing list to report bugs or suggest enhancements,
- ;; etc. This list's intended audience is elisp package authors who are
- ;; using reporter and want to stay current with releases. Here are the
- ;; relevant addresses:
- ;;
- ;; Administrivia: reporter-request@anthem.nlm.nih.gov
- ;; Submissions: reporter@anthem.nlm.nih.gov
-
- ;; LCD Archive Entry:
- ;; reporter|Barry A. Warsaw|warsaw@cen.com|
- ;; Customizable bug reporting of lisp programs.|
- ;; 1993/05/22 00:29:49|1.18|~/misc/reporter.el.Z|
-
- ;;; Code:
-
-
- ;; vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
- ;; user defined variables
-
- (defvar reporter-mailer 'mail
- "*Mail package to use to generate bug report buffer.")
-
- ;; ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- ;; end of user defined variables
-
- (defvar reporter-eval-buffer nil
- "Buffer to retrieve variable's value from.
- This is necessary to properly support the printing of buffer-local
- variables. Current buffer will always be the mail buffer being
- composed.")
-
- (defun reporter-dump-variable (varsym)
- "Pretty-print the value of the variable in symbol VARSYM."
- (let ((val (save-excursion
- (set-buffer reporter-eval-buffer)
- (eval varsym)))
- (sym (symbol-name varsym))
- (print-escape-newlines t))
- (insert " " sym " "
- (cond
- ((memq val '(t nil)) "")
- ((listp val) "'")
- ((symbolp val) "'")
- (t ""))
- (prin1-to-string val)
- "\n")))
-
- (defun reporter-dump-state (pkgname varlist pre-hooks post-hooks)
- "Dump the state of the mode specific variables.
- PKGNAME contains the name of the mode as it will appear in the bug
- report (you must explicitly concat any version numbers).
-
- VARLIST is the list of variables to dump. Each element in VARLIST can
- be a variable symbol, or a cons cell. If a symbol, this will be
- passed to `reporter-dump-variable' for insertion into the mail buffer.
- If a cons cell, the car must be a variable symbol and the cdr must be
- a function which will be `funcall'd with the symbol. Use this to write
- your own custom variable value printers for specific variables.
-
- Note that the global variable `reporter-eval-buffer' will be bound to
- the buffer in which `reporter-submit-bug-report' was invoked. If you
- want to print the value of a buffer local variable, you should wrap
- the `eval' call in your custom printer inside a `set-buffer' (and
- probably a `save-excursion'). `reporter-dump-variable' handles this
- properly.
-
- PRE-HOOKS is run after the emacs-version and PKGNAME are inserted, but
- before the VARLIST is dumped. POST-HOOKS is run after the VARLIST is
- dumped."
- (let ((buffer (current-buffer)))
- (set-buffer buffer)
- (insert "Emacs : " (emacs-version) "\nPackage: " pkgname "\n")
- (run-hooks 'pre-hooks)
- (insert "\ncurrent state:\n==============\n(setq\n")
- (mapcar
- (function
- (lambda (varsym-or-cons-cell)
- (let ((varsym (or (car-safe varsym-or-cons-cell)
- varsym-or-cons-cell))
- (printer (or (cdr-safe varsym-or-cons-cell)
- 'reporter-dump-variable)))
- (funcall printer varsym)
- )))
- varlist)
- (insert " )\n")
- (run-hooks 'post-hooks)
- ))
-
- (defun reporter-submit-bug-report
- (address pkgname varlist &optional pre-hooks post-hooks salutation)
- "Submit a bug report via mail.
-
- ADDRESS is the email address for the package's maintainer. PKGNAME is
- the name of the mode (you must explicitly concat any version numbers).
- VARLIST is the list of variables to dump (do a `\\[describe-function] reporter-dump-state'
- for details). Optional PRE-HOOKS and POST-HOOKS are passed to
- `reporter-dump-state'. Optional SALUTATION is inserted at the top of the
- mail buffer, and point is left after the salutation.
-
- The mailer used is described in the variable `reporter-mailer'."
-
- (let ((reporter-eval-buffer (current-buffer))
- (mailbuf (progn (call-interactively reporter-mailer)
- (current-buffer))))
- (require 'sendmail)
- (pop-to-buffer reporter-eval-buffer)
- (pop-to-buffer mailbuf)
- (goto-char (point-min))
- ;; different mailers use different separators, some may not even
- ;; use m-h-s, but sendmail.el stuff must have m-h-s bound.
- (let ((mail-header-separator
- (save-excursion
- (re-search-forward
- (concat
- "^\\(" ;beginning of line
- (mapconcat
- 'identity
- (list "[\t ]*" ;simple SMTP form
- "-+" ;mh-e form
- (regexp-quote
- mail-header-separator)) ;sendmail.el form
- "\\|") ;or them together
- "\\)$") ;end of line
- nil
- 'move) ;search for and move
- (buffer-substring (match-beginning 0) (match-end 0)))))
- (mail-position-on-field "to")
- (insert address)
- (mail-position-on-field "subject")
- (insert "Report on package " pkgname)
- (re-search-forward mail-header-separator (point-max) 'move)
- (forward-line 1)
- (and salutation (insert "\n" salutation "\n\n"))
- (set-mark (point)) ;user should see mark change
- (insert "\n\n")
- (reporter-dump-state pkgname varlist pre-hooks post-hooks)
- (exchange-point-and-mark))
- (let* ((sendkey "C-c C-c") ;can this be generalized like below?
- (killkey-whereis (where-is-internal 'kill-buffer nil t))
- (killkey (if killkey-whereis
- (key-description killkey-whereis)
- "M-x kill-buffer")))
- (message "Please type in your report. Hit %s to send, %s to abort."
- sendkey killkey))
- ))
-
- ;; this is useful
- (provide 'reporter)
-
- ;;; reporter.el ends here
-