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Re: lynx-dev [dev16] Cleanup patch for TEXTAREA edit
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dickey |
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Re: lynx-dev [dev16] Cleanup patch for TEXTAREA edit |
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Sun, 14 Feb 1999 07:42:20 -0500 (EST) |
>
> >
> > Sorry for the length of this patch, which is mostly due to some
> > whitespace differences between -dev.15 and -dev.16. I didn't
>
> Most differencing programs can be told to ignore white space changes,
> and patch can certainly be told to do so. While it is better not to
> make such changes in the first place, it destroys a lot of the value
> of the patch if it reflects them, as it consumes a lot of space and, more
> importantly, makes it difficult to review the patch to work out what has
> really changed.
I resolve the whitspace differences anyway (and remove the unneeded ones).
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Thomas E. Dickey
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