From: Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:10:23 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Ask for locale info in bug reports.
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.96~346
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Ask for locale info in bug reports.
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diff --git a/man/trouble.texi b/man/trouble.texi
index fde07235728..cf9a73d63a7 100644
--- a/man/trouble.texi
+++ b/man/trouble.texi
@@ -595,6 +595,19 @@ Be warned: it is often difficult, and sometimes impossible, to fix a
 terminal-dependent bug without access to a terminal of the type that
 stimulates the bug.@refill
 
+@item
+If non-ASCII text or internationalization is relevant, the locale that
+was current when you started Emacs.  You can use this shell command to
+view the relevant values:
+
+@example
+echo LC_ALL=$LC_ALL LC_CTYPE=$LC_CTYPE LANG=$LANG
+@end example
+
+You can use the @kbd{M-!} command to execute the shell command from
+Emacs, and then copy the output from the @samp{*Messages*} buffer into
+the bug report.
+
 @item
 A description of what behavior you observe that you believe is
 incorrect.  For example, ``The Emacs process gets a fatal signal,'' or,