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Date:      Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:22:02 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        Kristian Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Trying to patch a beautiful desktop
Message-ID:  <20060308092202.GA1005@flame.pc>
In-Reply-To: <5d6e65c52459.440e6cd2@broadpark.no>
References:  <5d6e65c52459.440e6cd2@broadpark.no>

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On 2006-03-08 05:34, Kristian Vaaf <vaaf@broadpark.no> wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I've done some research on how to make ones desktop look the best,
> without being too bloated in terms of looks and functionality but still classify
> as good design and give users a smooth experience.
>
> I've found that if done correctly, Openbox together with Gnome can look
> pretty darn nice. I've found some nice themes for Openbox as well as GTK
> 1 and 2, however the Openbox code needs some patching. There already
> is a patch, but having the obsessive compulsive disorder, I want the patch
> file to also look good.
>
> After I edited it, it wouldn't work. No matter what line/character coordinates
> I typed in for the @@ lines. I also assume it's unnecessary, at least it
> ought to be, including lines other than + and - unless they serve a
> purpose.

You're going backwards.  The proper way of generating a patch is not by
manually editing a file.  Extract the original source tree, copy it to a
'clean' place, make your changes and use diff(1) to generate the patch.

- Giorgos




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