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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-01-11 16:10:23 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-01-11 16:10:23 +0000
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Ask for locale info in bug reports.
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@@ -596,6 +596,19 @@ terminal-dependent bug without access to a terminal of the type that
stimulates the bug.@refill
@item
+If non-ASCII text or internationalization is relevant, the locale that
+was current when you started Emacs. You can use this shell command to
+view the relevant values:
+
+@example
+echo LC_ALL=$LC_ALL LC_CTYPE=$LC_CTYPE LANG=$LANG
+@end example
+
+You can use the @kbd{M-!} command to execute the shell command from
+Emacs, and then copy the output from the @samp{*Messages*} buffer into
+the bug report.
+
+@item
A description of what behavior you observe that you believe is
incorrect. For example, ``The Emacs process gets a fatal signal,'' or,
``The resulting text is as follows, which I think is wrong.''