From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2006-07-22T01:54:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Rdoc with hyperlinks

On Jul 20, 2006, at 7:53 PM, Logan Capaldo wrote:

> On Jul 20, 2006, at 5:47 PM, Dave Howell wrote:
>> On Jul 20, 2006, at 10:43, Eric Hodel wrote:
>>> On Jul 18, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Dave Howell wrote:
>>>> Make the following changes to files in ..../lib/rdoc
>>>
>>> Can you turn this into a patch?
>>
>> Short answer: "no".
>>
>> Slightly longer answer: "Um, I dunno. What kind of a patch, to be  
>> applied with what tool? I've never made a patch. Is it hard?"
>
> One way:
>
> diff -u your_version_with_changes.rb original_version.rb > your.patch
>
> If you changed more than one file I would suggest
>
> diff -u your_version_of_whole_src_tree_directory  
> original_version_of_source_tree_directory > your.patch
>
> the people who ask for patches will know how to use the patch tool  
> to apply it.

The easiest way is to check out ruby from CVS:

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/20020106.html

Make your changes, test them, then run cvs diff -u and send the  
output to me.

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