


octave-bug(1)                                       octave-bug(1)


NAME
       octave-bug - report a bug in GNU Octave

SYNOPSIS
       octave-bug [-s subject]

DESCRIPTION
       octave-bug  is  a  shell  script  to help the user compose and mail bug
       reports concerning Octave in a standard format.   octave-bug  is  typi-
       cally  invoked by the Octave command bug_report which is intended to be
       called interactively from within Octave. This provides the best way  to
       submit  a  bug report for Octave. It creates a template bug report file
       and starts an editor on that file.  The bug report will be sent to  the
       bug-octave  mailing  list  once  the  editing  has been completed (this
       assumes of course that your system can use email).  However,  the  user
       could also call octave-bug outside of Octave.

       Please  read the `Bugs' chapter in the Octave manual to find out how to
       submit a bug report that will enable the Octave maintainers to fix  the
       problem.   If  you  are unable to use the bug_report command, send your
       message to the bug-octave mailing list, bug@octave.org.

OPTIONS
       -s subject
              Specify a subject line for the bug report.  Spaces in  the  sub-
              ject must be quoted.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       octave-bug uses the environment variables USER, EDITOR, and PAGER which
       can be used for customization.

VERSION
       This document was last revised for Octave version 2.0.16.

SEE ALSO
       octave(1), bashbug(1)

AUTHOR
       John W. Eaton
       Department of Chemical Engineering
       University of Wisconsin-Madison
       Madison, WI 53706
       USA
       <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>













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