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authorMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2023-10-18 20:30:43 -0400
committerMaxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>2023-11-07 12:33:27 -0500
commit19fe24c5b978a16cbca3cddbfa3ab9d1ee2c68f2 (patch)
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parent7d3f2b99ffa8411994623f3bd32353cea63f0ecf (diff)
doc: Document extra Emacs-Debbugs configurations.
* doc/contributing.texi (Viewing Bugs within Emacs): Document debbugs-gnu-default-packages, debbugs-gnu-default-severities. (Debbugs User Interfaces): Likewise, and mention debbugs-gnu-guix-search. Suggested-by: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> Change-Id: I8e9026bc394b0cf674c8498ca713c332e48c2700
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@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ copyright-update}. If you want to do it automatically after each buffer
save then add @code{(add-hook 'after-save-hook 'copyright-update)} in
Emacs.
+@node Viewing Bugs within Emacs
@subsection Viewing Bugs within Emacs
Emacs has a nice minor mode called @code{bug-reference}, which, when
@@ -453,6 +454,13 @@ configuration file:
(group (zero-or-one "cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug="))
(group-n 3 (one-or-more digit))
line-end))
+
+;; Reduce the number of prompts with 'M-x debbugs-gnu'.
+(setq debbugs-gnu-default-packages '("guix" "guix-patches"))
+
+;; Show feature requests.
+(setq debbugs-gnu-default-severities
+ '("serious" "important" "normal" "minor" "wishlist"))
@end lisp
For more information, refer to @ref{Bug Reference,,, emacs, The GNU
@@ -1975,6 +1983,15 @@ For example, to list all open issues on @code{guix-patches}, hit:
@kbd{C-u} @kbd{M-x} debbugs-gnu @kbd{RET} @kbd{RET} guix-patches @kbd{RET} n y
@end example
+For a more convenient (shorter) way to access both the bugs and patches
+submissions, you may want to configure the
+@code{debbugs-gnu-default-packages} and
+@code{debbugs-gnu-default-severities} Emacs variables (@pxref{Viewing
+Bugs within Emacs}).
+
+To search for bugs, @samp{@kbd{M-x} debbugs-gnu-guix-search} can be
+used.
+
@xref{Top,,, debbugs-ug, Debbugs User Guide}, for more information on
this nifty tool!