Regexp search in debbugs (was: Nextstep build uses iso-latin by default. WHY?)

[Michael Albinus]

Anders Lindgren <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi!

Hi,

> The bug database is hard to navigate -- it's hard to find NS-specific
> bugs since there is way of tagging a bug as NS- or OS X-specific and
> the search function doesn't work so well (e.g. searching for "MAC"
> match every bug containing the word "eMACs"...). I suggest that you
> start by looking at recent unresolved bugs (like bug#22973) or the
> issues listed in etc/TODO.

You could search for regexp in the debbugs database. Install the debbugs
package from GNU ELPA, and perform the following command:

M-x debbugs-gnu-search <RET> [RX] ^mac$ <RET> package <RET> emacs <RET> <RET>

<RET> means the return key. "[RX] ^mac$" is the query you have to enter
(w/o apostrophes). It's a little bit strange syntax; read the debbugs
user guide for further explanation. "package" and "emacs" limit the
search to Emacs related problems; debbugs hosts also bugs for other GNU
projects.

It will take a while to search, then you get 2006 hits, where the word
"mac" has been used in the bug messages (case insensitive). This
includes all closed and archived bugs. In order to filter them out,
press x (the key "x"), and you will see 428 still open bugs, which
contain the word "mac".

> -- Anders

Best regards, Michael.