fvwm-bug(1)

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version 2.7.0 · 2 versions
  • 2.7.0 · alpine 3.24, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0 (latest)
  • 2.6.8 · ubuntu jammy
, in alpine 3.24, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, opensuse-leap 16.0

💖 fvwm-bug 💖

okay bestie, you found a bug in fvwm and you're about to be SO brave about it. this is the fvwm-bug manual page, and it's literally your group chat with the maintainers. let's go 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

fvwm-bug — report a bug in fvwm 🐛

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fvwm-bug [--help] [--version] [address]

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so fvwm-bug is a shell script, and its whole job is to hold your hand while you compose and mail bug reports about fvwm in a standard format. no cap, it's giving personal assistant energy. 🫶

here's the ritual:

  1. fvwm-bug invokes the editor specified by the environment variable EDITOR on a temporary copy</> of the bug report format outline.
  2. you, the main character, fill in the appropriate fields.
  3. you exit the editor. that's it, that's the move. ✨
  4. fvwm-bug then mails the completed report to the local fvwm maintainer, the fvwm workers list fvwm-workers@fvwm.org, or address.
and if the report cannot be mailed? 😭 it gets saved in the file dead.fvwm-bug in the invoking user's home directory. not dead dead, bestie. just resting. 🪦

the bug report format outline is made of several sections, and honestly the way it's structured? iconic:

  • first section — info about the machine, the operating system, the fvwm version, and the compilation environment. receipts, basically. 🧾
  • second section — you fill this in with a description of the bug.
  • third section — a description of how to reproduce the bug. help them help you, fr fr.
  • fourth section — optional, for a proposed fix. and listen: fixes are encouraged. 👑

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

fvwm-bug will utilize the following environment variables if they exist:

  • EDITOR — specifies the preferred editor. if EDITOR is not set, fvwm-bug defaults to emacs. 🙈
  • HOME — directory in which the failed bug report is saved if the mail fails. (hi again, dead.fvwm-bug 💀)

that's the whole page, bestie. go forth, describe the bug, reproduce the bug, and maybe even drop a fix. the maintainers will be obsessed with you. 🎀

this page comes to you from Fvwm, version 2.7.0, dated 19 October 2022 — and it's fvwm-bug(1), if you're keeping score. mwah. 💖

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