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Re: how to patch diff into source code?
From: |
Lennart Borgman |
Subject: |
Re: how to patch diff into source code? |
Date: |
Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:29:50 +0100 |
On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:
> could anyone help me with a diff/patch question?
>
> i got the following patch:
>
> --- lisp\textmodes\css-mode.el.orig 2008-03-01 20:28:16.000000000
> +0100
> +++ lisp\textmodes\css-mode.el 2009-01-19 09:14:55.138125000 +0100
> @@ -369,5 +369,5 @@
> (forward-comment (- (point-max)))
> ;; FIXME: We should also skip punctuation.
> - (not (memq (char-before) '(?\; ?\
> {)))))))))))
> + (not (or (bobp) (memq (char-before) '(?\;
> ?\{))))))))))))
>
> (defun css-forward-sexp (n)
>
> how do i use diff (or other?) to merge it into source?
> i've never used diff for patching.
>
> i just found and used menu Tools‣Apply Patch, but then i got
>
> patching file /Users/xah/web/emacs/css-mode.el
> patch: **** malformed patch at line 8: ?\{))))))))))))
>
> is it something i did wrong or the patch?
I know very little about diff, but it looks like the -+ rows are
wrapped. However when I recently applied a patch with CVS Emacs (using
the commands in the Diff menu) Emacs asked me if it should correct the
wrapped lines.