[R] How to know if a bug was recognised

[Heinz Tuechler]

Hello!

A problem with special characters seemed to me to be a bug. I sent a mail
to R-windows at r-project.org concerning the problem (see below).
How can I find out, if this is considered as a bug or an error of myself?
Which part of FAQs or documentation did I miss to find the answer?

thanks in advance

Heinz Tüchler

-------------------- copy of abovementioned mail ----------
to: R-windows at r-project.org
subject: problem with special characters (ä,ö,ü)
Dear Developers!

Using special characters I found a strange behaviour in R 2.0.1 and equally
in 
R : Copyright 2004, The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
Version 2.0.1  (2004-11-15), ISBN 3-900051-07-0

Operating System: Windows 98SE

example:
factor1<-as.factor(c("weiblich","männlich","österreichisch","frühreif","Gruß
"))
factor1
> factor1
[1] weiblich           m\344nnlich        \366sterreichisch  fr\374hreif
   
[5] Gru\337           
Levels: frühreif Gruß männlich österreichisch weiblich

with best wishes

Heinz Tüchler