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

[Stephen Eglen]

Dear Steven,

Steven McKinney writes:
 > 
 > 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.)

 > Perhaps add it in the email text as well, e.g.
 > "-- text follows this line -- --(C-c C-c to submit) --"

Yes, I think adding it to the top of the submit buffer (although not
on the separator line, that is matched by a regexp to find the end of
the header, and best left alone.)  Emacs does a similar thing.  I'll
add some text, similar to what you see after M-x report-emacs-buf


 > 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.

ESS simply uses the same machinery that Emacs uses in
report-emacs-bug so what you are suggesting may be better handled at
the Emacs level (in reporter.el).

Just by coincidence, today, the first Emacs 22 pretest has been
announced on the emacs-devel list (how many months/year late...?!?) so
now is not the time for that request to Emacs people, but something
definitely for the back burner...

Thanks,

Stephen