[ESS-bugs] Enhancement request: When submitting ESS bug report, <send report> command not visible

[Rodney Sparapani]

Hi Steven:

Two tips:

1. I don't know how emacs does this, but xemacs is usually pretty good
about finding a way for the bug report to be sent or issue a warning
otherwise.  So, you might check xemacs.

2. Get an AOL.com account.  They're free!  I have a Mac too and that's
what I use when I need to send something and I don't want to bother
with the hassle of Exchange.

Rodney

Steven McKinney wrote:
> Issue 1: Send command
> ----------------------
>
> When submitting a bug report via Emacs macro ess-submit-bug-report,
> the information on the 'send' command (C-c C-c) appears briefly
> in the Minibuffer, but disappears as soon as the user sets focus
> in the *mail* buffer.  I missed seeing the command the first time
> I tried to submit a bug report automagically, and had to fire up
> other emacs sessions to track it down.
>
> Enhancement request:
> Could you modify the ESS-bugs web page to include C-c C-c submission
> information?  e.g.
>
> Using ESS-bugs
> To send an ESS bug report, you could send email to ess-bugs at stat.math.ethz.ch BUT
> we strongly recommend you use M-x ess-submit-bug-report instead! (C-c C-c to send
> the email when you are finished.)
>
> or something along these lines.
>
> Perhaps add it in the email text as well, e.g.
> "-- text follows this line -- --(C-c C-c to submit) --"
>
> Issue 2:  Getting the mail out:
> -------------------------------
> I must say the ESS bug submission via Emacs is very well done
> and other than the final submission command information, is
> really easy to use.  Since all the information about the bug
> is readily available within emacs buffers, it is much easier
> to submit a bug report this way.
>
> However, ess-submit-bug-report does currently rely on some
> exterior mailer to handle the mail, which has thwarted my
> efforts to use ess-submit-bug-report.  From my Apple Mac,
> the final C-c C-c invokes Apple's email program.  Since
> I have no Mac email account, the message is never sent.
> Another attempted submission from a new cluster compute node 
> behind a firewall also failed.
> Is there any way for the ess-submit-bug-report machinery
> to test that the mail mechanism is working, or to send
> the information in some other way to ESS-bugs?
>  
> (This email generated by copying unsent emails into
> M$ exchange server web email :(     
> )
>
>
> Best regards
> Steven McKinney
>
> Emacs  : GNU Emacs 22.0.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
>  of 2006-10-24 on rocks1.cluster.bccrc.ca
> Package: ess-mode 5.3.3
>
> current state:
> ==============
> (setq
>  ess-language "Initial"
>  ess-dialect nil
>  ess-ask-for-ess-directory t
>  ess-ask-about-transfile nil
>  ess-directory nil
>  ess-keep-dump-files "always"
>  ess-source-directory "/tmp/"
>  )
> [ess-site.el]: ess-customize-alist=nil 
> [ess-site.el _2_]: ess-customize-alist=nil 
>
> --5138C52368.1161971549/rocks1.cluster.bccrc.ca--
>
>
>
> Steven McKinney
>
> Statistician
> Molecular Oncology and Breast Cancer Program
> British Columbia Cancer Research Centre
>
> email: smckinney at bccrc.ca
>
> tel: 604-675-8000 x7561
>
> BCCRC
> Molecular Oncology
> 675 West 10th Ave, Floor 4
> Vancouver B.C. 
> V5Z 1L3
> Canada
>
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