# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 782067453 0
# Node ID 73fdde1f8473e4f4a7439d10e326415578a931ca
# Parent  47846f7e18fc18101c3d2e494f36a6e8cefa7614
[project @ 1994-10-13 16:57:33 by jwe]

diff --git a/scripts/miscellaneous/bug_report.m b/scripts/miscellaneous/bug_report.m
--- a/scripts/miscellaneous/bug_report.m
+++ b/scripts/miscellaneous/bug_report.m
@@ -37,10 +37,24 @@
 # XXX FIXME XXX -- really need a better system command, one that will
 # automatically send output from the command to stdout...
 
-  if (length (subject) > 0)
-    system (sprintf ("octave-bug -s \"%s\" > /dev/tty", subject));
-  else
-    system ("octave-bug > /dev/tty");
+  prefs = octave_tmp_file_name ();
+
+  if (! isempty (prefs))
+    fopen (prefs, "w");
+    dump_prefs (prefs);
+    fclose (prefs);
   endif
 
+  cmd = "octave-bug";
+
+  if (length (subject) > 0)
+    cmd = sprintf ("%s -s \"%s\"", cmd, subject);
+  endif
+
+  if (! isempty (prefs))
+    cmd = sprintf ("%s %s", cmd, prefs);
+  endif
+
+  system (sprintf ("%s > /dev/tty", cmd));
+
 endfunction