From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 8 09:22:31 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FEC516A420 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 09:22:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from igloo.linux.gr (igloo.linux.gr [62.1.205.36]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE19843D45 for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 09:22:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from flame.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) (authenticated bits=128) by igloo.linux.gr (8.13.5/8.13.5/Debian-3) with ESMTP id k289M91a002705 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:22:13 +0200 Received: from flame.pc (flame [127.0.0.1]) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k289M2r5001151; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:22:02 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k289M2jo001150; Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:22:02 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2006 11:22:02 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Kristian Vaaf Message-ID: <20060308092202.GA1005@flame.pc> References: <5d6e65c52459.440e6cd2@broadpark.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5d6e65c52459.440e6cd2@broadpark.no> X-Hellug-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-Hellug-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-3.378, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -1.80, AWL 0.82, BAYES_00 -2.60, DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE 0.20) X-Hellug-MailScanner-From: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trying to patch a beautiful desktop X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 09:22:31 -0000 On 2006-03-08 05:34, Kristian Vaaf 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