From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 9 15:05:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA17008 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 15:05:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu (arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu [130.126.72.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA16976 for ; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 15:04:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dannyman@arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu) Received: (from dannyman@localhost) by arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.5) id RAA14102; Mon, 9 Feb 1998 17:04:59 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980209170459.02429@urh.uiuc.edu> Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 17:04:59 -0600 From: dannyman To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: how to submit a diff? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i X-Loop: djhoward@uiuc.edu X-URL: http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/djhoward/ Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hello, i'm relatively new to hackers, but i just now, for no really good reason other than the fact i know enough to do so, and could find enough errors to warrant it, revised the pw(8) man page. the context diff file is weighing in about ~25k, and while the FreeBSD Handbook says i should email diffs to this mailing list, i just wanted to double-check if it really *is* a keen idea to send a relatively uninteresting set of corrections to a whole bunch of uninterested people. if anyone thinks they know better than i do, please fill me in! uhmmm, tia. :) oh ... btw, i just upgraded to -current, and some programs like vim are suddenly interpreting BS and DEL in the opposite manner to which i am accustomed. if anyone can give me a pointer in the right direction to fixing this problem, i'd 'ppreciate it. -dan -- //Dan -=- This message brought to you by djhoward@uiuc.edu -=- \\/yori -=- Information - http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/djhoward/ -=- aiokomete -=- Our Honored Symbol deserves an Honorable Retirement To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe hackers" in the body of the message