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authorGravatar David Aspinall <da@inf.ed.ac.uk>2004-08-12 13:23:34 +0000
committerGravatar David Aspinall <da@inf.ed.ac.uk>2004-08-12 13:23:34 +0000
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Instructions on reporting bugs
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@@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ versions, and those which only apply to particular versions.
NB: some issues which affect PG but which are not necessarily bugs in
PG are mentioned in the FAQ.
+* Reporting bugs
+
+If you have a problem that is not mentioned here, please contact me at
+the address above. Please describe your problem carefully, include a
+short demonstration file and tell me the exact version of Emacs and
+Proof General that you are using. You can use the menu command
+
+ Proof General -> Help -> Send Bug Report
+
+to conveniently include the proper version numbers in your message.
* Generic problems, for all Emacs versions
@@ -135,6 +145,11 @@ XEmacs implementation of parse-partial-sexp appears at fault. It
gives this error message when nesting depth reaches 100. With
GNU Emacs, a nesting depth of 40000 or more is possible.
+Some error handling has been added in the code to cope with this
+condition. If you notice the disappearance of correct syntax
+highlighting in the response buffer when large output with unbalanced
+parentheses is produced, this error may be the cause. You can clear
+the response buffer by hitting "c" when it is selected.
** XEmacs font-lock problem in certain versions of XEmacs 21.4