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[Abhinav Upadhyay <er.abhinav.upadhyay@xxxxxxxxx>]

Abhinav Upadhyay has proposed merging lp:~er-abhinav-upadhyay/apport/bugfix-765600 into lp:apport.

Requested reviews:
  Apport upstream developers (apport-hackers)
Related bugs:
  Bug #765600 in Apport: "apport man pages don't mention about the newly added -w/--window options"
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/765600

For more details, see:
https://code.launchpad.net/~er-abhinav-upadhyay/apport/bugfix-765600/+merge/58241

Modified man/apport-cli.1 to add descriptions for the -w/--window options which were added to Apport very recently but the manual pages weren't updated to reflect this. 


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https://code.launchpad.net/~er-abhinav-upadhyay/apport/bugfix-765600/+merge/58241
Your team Apport upstream developers is requested to review the proposed merge of lp:~er-abhinav-upadhyay/apport/bugfix-765600 into lp:apport.

=== modified file 'man/apport-cli.1'
--- man/apport-cli.1	2009-12-23 11:56:16 +0000
+++ man/apport-cli.1	2011-04-19 08:28:32 +0000
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@
 In \-\-file\-bug mode, save the collected information into a file instead of
 reporting it. This file can then be reported with \-\-crash-file later on.
 
+.TP
+.B \-w, \fB\-\-window
+Point and click at the application window against which you wish to report
+the bug. Apport will automatically find the package name and generate a report 
+for you. This option can be specially useful in situations when you do not know
+the name of the package, or if the application window has stopped responding
+and you cannot report the problem from the "Help" menu of the application.
+
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 
 .TP