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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