I applied this patch without problems (from a Mac) using SVN. It seem Rony (?) 
did the same, I hope it works out.

I do not know what is causing Jon’s problems 

Hälsningar/Regards/Grüsse,
ooRexx
[email protected]



> Am 02.11.2025 um 15:00 schrieb Rick McGuire <[email protected]>:
> 
> When I run svn info on my checked out docs tree if shows i used 
> 
>  https://svn.code.sf.net/p/oorexx/code-0/docs/trunk
> 
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2025 at 8:40 AM Sahananda <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Hi Rony,
>> 
>> I'm sorry to be more trouble.
>> 
>> When I try to checkout from 
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree I get the following error:
>> 
>>> Checkout from https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree, revision 
>>> HEAD, Fully recursive, Externals included
>>> Unable to connect to a repository at URL
>>>  'https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree'
>>> The server at 'https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree' does not
>>>  support the HTTP/DAV protocol
>> 
>> looking at the sourceforge help I see that I need to prefix the url with 
>> svn+ssh, and then I get a different error
>> 
>>> Command: Checkout from 
>>> svn+ssh://https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree, revision HEAD, 
>>> Fully recursive, Externals included  
>>> Error: Unable to connect to a repository at URL  
>>> Error:  'svn+ssh://https/sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree 
>>> <http://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree>'  
>>> Error: To better debug SSH connection problems, remove the -q option from 
>>> 'ssh' in the  
>>> Error:  [tunnels] section of your Subversion configuration file.  
>>> Error: Network connection closed unexpectedly  
>>> Completed!:   
>> 
>> Experimenting showed that I could include my username at the end of the url 
>> thus: 
>> svn+ssh://https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree--username=sahananda
>> but this brought back the same error.  Although now I am asked for my 
>> password three times.
>> 
>> I let Sourceforge generate a checkout url for me and it came up with 
>> svn+ssh://[email protected]/p/oorexx/code-0/main/trunk 
>> <http://[email protected]/p/oorexx/code-0/main/trunk>
>> but again this brought back the same error.
>> 
>> Combining the url you suggested with the one SF created for me I get 
>> svn+ssh://[email protected]/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree 
>> <http://[email protected]/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree>
>> :   
>> Looking at my subversion config file, every line is commented.  However in 
>> the [tunnels] section there is a line
>>> # ssh = $SVN_SSH ssh -q -- 
>> and I am going to try 
>> ssh = $SVN_SSH ssh  -- 
>> 
>> Following this, trying a checkout results in three consecutive console 
>> windows flashing up without content (& not accepting content), I assume they 
>> replace the prompts for my credentials and then after sitting there for 40 
>> seconds, they timeout.
>> 
>> I've run out of time to look at this today, but if anyone has dealt with 
>> this, please suggest remedies.
>> 
>> 
>> Jon
>> 
>> On Sun, 2 Nov 2025 at 11:15, Rony G. Flatscher <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> Dear Jon,
>>> 
>>> first of all: thank you *very* much for taking this on!
>>> 
>>> On 01.11.2025 22:46, Sahananda wrote:
>>>> I'm willing, BUT:
>>>> 
>>>> I have applied the patch 325 successfully to my working copy, but when I 
>>>> try to commit docs/trunk I receive the following error.
>>>> 
>>>>> Command: Commit to svn:// <>svn.code.sf.net/p/oorexx/code-0/docs/trunk 
>>>>> <http://svn.code.sf.net/p/oorexx/code-0/docs/trunk>  
>>>>> Error: Commit failed (details follow):  
>>>>> Error: Authorization failed  
>>>>> Completed!:  
>>>> 
>>>>  I am signed in in the usual way, and have committed items from this 
>>>> userid before (though not recently, not from this working copy, not from 
>>>> this laptop, not with this install of Tortoise and not to docs).
>>> Not knowing Tortoise too well (using Apache's command line svn package 
>>> myself), there is not much, I could contribute with respect to Tortoise.
>>> 
>>> However, it does make a difference how you check out the ooRexx project 
>>> from Sourceforge! There are URLs for anonymous check out, with the 
>>> consequence that one cannot easily update trunk (if at all, not sure). 
>>> However, I have always been successful when checking out the ooRexx project 
>>> using the read-write version from 
>>> <https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree/> 
>>> <https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/code-0/HEAD/tree/>:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> <11i7mzT8uxD7sZ0B.png>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> So maybe the solution is to check out the ooRexx-project with that 
>>> particular URL (just change the username to your username) and then 
>>> committing works from Tortoise on your current machien?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> There is a button for 'Retry as different user' and pressing it I get a 
>>>> credentials dialog in which I enter my sourceforge signon; but then get 
>>>> the same error message.
>>>> 
>>>> I am an admin on the sourceforge project with update, admin & create 
>>>> permissions
>>>> 
>>>> I also tried just committing the individual changed files.  No luck.
>>>> 
>>>> I do remember that when I committed in the past I used to get three 
>>>> consecutive Login Dialogs from Tortoise, but now it does not even ask for 
>>>> my credentials when doing a commit.
>>>> 
>>>> In case Tortoise had cached a bad password for me, I deleted the only file 
>>>> in %APPDATA%\Subversion\auth\svn.username, but that made no difference.
>>>> 
>>>> Sorry to continue this already long thread, but I don't know where to take 
>>>> this now.
>>> You *really* did almost everything possible, wow!
>>> 
>>> Hopefully the read/write URL can solve the problem!
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> 
>>> ---rony
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 at 17:05, Rony G. Flatscher <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>> Dear Jon, dear P.O.,
>>>>> 
>>>>> trying to follow the agreed-upon procedure. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here are three of Jospe Maria's doc patches that I looked at and which 
>>>>> look o.k.:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/documentation/325/> 
>>>>> <https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/documentation/325/>
>>>>> <https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/documentation/351/> 
>>>>> <https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/documentation/351/>
>>>>> <https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/documentation/352/> 
>>>>> <https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/documentation/352/>
>>>>> Could you please be so kind as to process them? Thank you in advance for 
>>>>> your help!
>>>>> 
>>>>> ---
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just a general remark about Josep Maria's patches: he has an incredible 
>>>>> commandment of the ooRexx syntax acquired as can be seen by looking at 
>>>>> his Unicode-TUTOR ooRexx tool (https://github.com/JosepMariaBlasco/TUTOR) 
>>>>> and his rexx-parser (https://github.com/JosepMariaBlasco/rexx-parser) 
>>>>> project. Therefore, I would expect that all doc patches are correct. If 
>>>>> any of the committers would object to Josep Maria's doc bug reports, then 
>>>>> they probably would have done so. Personally, I have yet to see a 
>>>>> documentation-related bug report from him that is incorrect. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Therefore, I think you can apply Josep Maria's documentation patches 
>>>>> without waiting for a committer to o.k. them. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also you could mostlikely resolve most of Josep Maria's documentation 
>>>>> related bug reports without his patches, as you are very knowledgeable 
>>>>> ooRexx programmers yourselves and therefore are able to assess the bug 
>>>>> reports! (Even if you do not think so! :) )
>>>>> 
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>> 
>>>>> ---rony
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 29.10.2025 12:36, Sahananda wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Rony,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I don't think that I made myself clear in my suggestion.  Just for 
>>>>>> clarity: I was just noting that a full list of committers could be 
>>>>>> retrieved by opening the drop-down of the Owner field on the tracker 
>>>>>> items. 
>>>>>> Anyway, that doesn't matter.  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Your suggestion that promotions are approved by a request on the 
>>>>>> developers list specifying the tracker numbers works for me(+1).  
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> If that's ok with P.O. and anyone else who might join in the effort, 
>>>>>> let's go with that!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jon
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 at 10:05, Rony G. Flatscher <[email protected] 
>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 27.10.2025 22:18, Sahananda wrote:
>>>>>>>> I think that if rather than +1 if you (or another committer) added a 
>>>>>>>> comment 'OK to promote' that would be clearer.  
>>>>>>>> We would know they were a committer because their sign-on would appear 
>>>>>>>> in the Owner drop down on the ticket.
>>>>>>> The Owner field can be changed by committers. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> How about posting the links to the documentation tracker items that are 
>>>>>>> "OK to promote" in this developer list?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This would serve two purposes:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> it gives an overview and easy access to the referred to documentation 
>>>>>>> tracker items,
>>>>>>> the mailing header would indicate, who was posting it.
>>>>>>> In addition it would allow others to look up the approved tracker 
>>>>>>> items. In the cases where a patch is missing, but the tracker item is 
>>>>>>> clearly formulated, then you, or everybody else would be "empowered" ;) 
>>>>>>> to change the explanation, the explanation, and to handle the change 
>>>>>>> without asking anyone. This way we might become able to address over 
>>>>>>> time the documentation tracker items, which would be especially 
>>>>>>> important for the users of ooRexx.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ---rony
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 at 19:50, Rony G. Flatscher 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Jon,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 27.10.2025 16:42, Sahananda wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I have read this, and I don't think that I can answer it quickly.  
>>>>>>>>>> It is more about project management and who makes the decision what 
>>>>>>>>>> goes into the language than anything technical.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Where it is just a case of Josep Maria correcting mistakes in and 
>>>>>>>>>> improving the documentation (many thanks) I can make the judgement 
>>>>>>>>>> on readability, but I can't really say anything about technical 
>>>>>>>>>> correctness as most of these changes are in areas I'm unfamiliar 
>>>>>>>>>> with or I would need to spend time getting to know the context.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> As it is,  I did not build the documentation with Josep Maria's 
>>>>>>>>>> patches, just judged the readability on the basis of the source xml.
>>>>>>>>> Would it help, if someone would post a +1 with the tracker item then?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Were it native code,  I would not be capable of 'judging' the merit 
>>>>>>>>>> or otherwise of a change to a C++ segment.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> When you requested someone to promote those 4 patches, I was happy 
>>>>>>>>>> to do it on the basis that I was just saving you some time with the 
>>>>>>>>>> mechanics of applying the patches which I assumed you had already 
>>>>>>>>>> judged the merits of.  Later it became clear that P.O. could do it 
>>>>>>>>>> if I parsed the English.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> In principle, and time permitting, I am happy to take on the 
>>>>>>>>>> mechanics of applying patches if that frees resource from those like 
>>>>>>>>>> yourself capable of developing the code, but I do not want, without 
>>>>>>>>>> discussion, to create a precedent that leads to an unguarded way 
>>>>>>>>>> into the source code.
>>>>>>>>> Thank you for this attitude, I really mean it!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> OTOH, there are quite a few tracker items where I think that you or 
>>>>>>>>> P.O. would be able to confidently handle them on your own. You are 
>>>>>>>>> both very knowledgeable ooRexx "users" for many, many years with a 
>>>>>>>>> lot of experience!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> It would be of great help, if the tracker items could be reduced as 
>>>>>>>>> much as possible, either by applying patches, assess the reasoning 
>>>>>>>>> and if you have an educated disagreement, then do not accept, 
>>>>>>>>> otherwise if you have an educated agreement, then please agree (and 
>>>>>>>>> maybe apply, fix), and if undecided, post a follow-up hinting at the 
>>>>>>>>> need to have an additional assessment. (This would be really very 
>>>>>>>>> helpful!)
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> If it was left to me, I have sufficient regard for Josep Maria, and 
>>>>>>>>>> knowing that he is active on the developers list and the ARB that I 
>>>>>>>>>> would invite him to become a committer.
>>>>>>>>> +1
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I'm not asking that you (Rony) in particular solve this, and I do 
>>>>>>>>>> not have a particular proposal for how to solve it.  I just wanted 
>>>>>>>>>> to flag up my concern.
>>>>>>>>> Thank you very much, Jon!
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I hope that is clearer
>>>>>>>>> Very much so! 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> ---rony
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 at 21:52, Rony G Flatscher 
>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Jon and P.O.,
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> would it maybe possible that you come up with a brief draft, 
>>>>>>>>>>> suggestion? This way it wiuld probabky gelp the most and allow eg. 
>>>>>>>>>>> Myself to better unddrstand the problem and possible solutions.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> —-rony
>>>>>>>>>>> Rony G. Flatscher (mobil/e)
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 25.10.2025 um 20:38 schrieb P.O. Jonsson <[email protected] 
>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear Rony,
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> It is not just about the mechanics of applying a patch. What I 
>>>>>>>>>>>> think Jon is hinting at are guidelines for who and under what 
>>>>>>>>>>>> conditions parched are accepted.
>>>>>>>>>>>> IMO it should really be up to the core developers if a patch 
>>>>>>>>>>>> should be allowed or not. If it is just about linguistic problems 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Jon may be in a position to help out (whereas I would prefer not 
>>>>>>>>>>>> to since I am not a native speaker).
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> So some guidelines would be welcome indeed. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hälsningar/Regards/Grüsse,
>>>>>>>>>>>> P.O. Jonsson
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 25.10.2025 um 15:53 schrieb Rony G. Flatscher 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 25.10.2025 15:24, Sahananda wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have been thinking about this.  If I apply a patch I am 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> actually reviewing the providers work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We should really have some guidelines about this.  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Just because I was given committer status a decade ago, doesn't 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mean that I have an overview of all the changes that are going 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on nor that I can necessarily be the arbiter of whether a patch 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should be committed or not nor whether it would need falling 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> back.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I feel it would be helpful to me to have clearly stated 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> procedures for accepting/rejecting/committing patches.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> How about this for creating patches:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a patch should be created in the "trunk" directory
>>>>>>>>>>>>> How about this for applying patches:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> a patch must be applicable from the "trunk" directory
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> before applying a patch the command "svn update" should issued to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> get the latest version from Sourceforge
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> then the patch should be applied locally with "svn patch 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> name-of-diff/patchfile" from the "trunk" directory
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> if there are problems, because there are overlapping changes with 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> commits that occurred after the creation of the diff/patch file, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> then this should be communicated in the respective tracker entry; 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the creator of the diff/patch can then do an "svn update" and see 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> where his changes overlap with the newer text and can resolve 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> them and then create an updated diff/patch file with "svn diff" 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and submit it
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it may be the case that the problems are not complicated and can 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> be resolved on the side of the applyer of the diff/patch file by 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> inspecting the mark-up that "svn" applies
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here are two links that explain much better how svn conflicts can 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> be resolved:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Tortoise (Windows): 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-conflicts.html>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug-conflicts.html>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Command line (shown for Unix, but the command line is the same on 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows): 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.tutorialspoint.com/svn/svn_resolve_conflicts.htm> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.tutorialspoint.com/svn/svn_resolve_conflicts.htm>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> There may be better explanations, tutorials on the net.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hope that helps
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---rony
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 at 13:38, Rony G. Flatscher 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One important hint about applying patches. It may be the case 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that in the meantime someone else committed changes. In order 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to make sure that everything is alright, one should always do a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "svn update" before a "svn commit". This way one can see before 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the commit, whether there are areas which got concurrently 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> changed, in which case this needs to be resolved. However, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> usually changes occur in different parts of the code, the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> documentation and the tests which svn should be able to handle 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (it is able to realize which version was used for  the patch 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and infer any changes in between and can usually apply patches 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in full if they do not overlap).
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---rony
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 24.10.2025 17:40, Sahananda wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I think I am now in a position to apply patches.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I reinstalled Tortoise, and now I see a child dialog of the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> diff dialog that I didn't notice before allowing me to choose 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which patch to action (it was a Hobsons Choice).  The dialog 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was off my screen apart from a tiny sliver, but once I managed 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to grab it and drag it onto the screen I could choose the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> patch and then the diff was populated.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As P.O. had already applied the changes (thank you) and I had 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> updated to the post change level while rebuilding my working 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> copy to mirror Josep Maria's there was now no change left to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> apply, but I am confident that it would work in future.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> As Rony says, the patch to be actioned should be placed in the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> folder above what is indicated in the Index: clause within the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> patch file.  In this case, the 'docs' folder.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jon
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 at 16:14, Rony G. Flatscher 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> First of all, thank you all *very* much for taking on the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> patches and also all of your work in the documentation/patch 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> area! 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sorry to read that you had so many problems with it, maybe a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> few words, hints:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The path given at the beginning of the diff/patch files tells 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> one in which directory the creator of the diff/patch was 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> located; so if it starts with "trunk/rexxref/en-US/....xml", 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it must have been the "docs" directory, so Josep Maria had 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that from the Sourceforge project checked out, but P.O. and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jon did probably check out the doc's "trunk" directory (and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all its subdirectories), but not the directory "docs" in 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which "trunk" and the "releases" are located. Therefore 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> applying the patch did not work.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe to ease handling, please create the diff/patches from 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> within the "trunk" directory (underneath a possibly existing 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "docs" directory), then the diff/patch should start with 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "rexxref/en-US/....xml" instead and one can apply them from 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "trunk" then. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ad forward slashes: these should work on the Windows version 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of svn as well.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please keep up your great work!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---rony
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 24.10.2025 12:41, Josep Maria Blasco wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The revision number shouldn't matter, as far as I know. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It was the current one when I uploaded the patches.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regarding the paths, the instruction set I'm following reads 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once you are ready with the intended changes, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> go up to the root of the documentation and issue "svn diff > 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> myPatchForChapter3.1.2.diff" 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which will write all the changes to that text file. Submit 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that diff-file (patch-file) as a patch[...]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe the boldfaced part explains the difference?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   Josep Maria
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Missatge de Sahananda <[email protected] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> del dia dv., 24 d’oct. 2025 a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> les 10:47:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I would also be interested in an answer to this.  I tried 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> creating a patch locally and noted these differences from 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Josep Maria's patch.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The file references did not have paths.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My Working copy was at revision 13031 whilst Josep Maria's 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> was at 13026
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I also note that Josep Maria's patch which contained 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> directory information used '/' as the path separator.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jon
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My Header
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Index: intro.xml
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================================================
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --- intro.xml (revision 13031)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +++ intro.xml (working copy)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Josep Maria's Header
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Index: trunk/rexxref/en-US/intro.xml
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ===================================================================
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --- trunk/rexxref/en-US/intro.xml (revision 13026)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +++ trunk/rexxref/en-US/intro.xml (working copy)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 24 Oct 2025 at 08:15, ooRexx <[email protected] 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wanted to apply the patches proposed by Josep Maria but 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> failed miserably to do so. I have now applied the changes 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> indicated in doc_bug_326.diff manually and that worked so 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> there is nothing wrong with my SVN. I nevertheless would 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like to know why the patch did not work. Here is what I 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> did:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> % cd 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /Users/jenkins/ooRexxSVN-Code-0/docs/trunk/rexxref/en-US
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> % svn update
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Aktualisiere ».«:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Revision 13031.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> % svn patch /Users/jenkins/Downloads/doc_bug_326.diff
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> C         trunk/rexxref/en-US/instrc.xml
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >         Abschnitt @@ -2081,9 +2081,8 @@ zurückgewiesen
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Konfliktübersicht:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   Textkonflikte: 1
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> What am I doing wrong?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is the patch not in the correct form? 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or do I have to perform the patches in a specific order?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I am on r13031 and the patch was made at r13026, does that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> make a difference?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here the rejection grounds
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --- trunk/rexxref/en-US/instrc.xml
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +++ trunk/rexxref/en-US/instrc.xml
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -2081,9 +2081,8 @@
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  in this case must be either 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <computeroutput>SCIENTIFIC</computeroutput> or
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  <computeroutput>ENGINEERING</computeroutput>. You can 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> omit the subkeyword
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  VALUE if <emphasis role="italic">expression2</emphasis> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> does not begin with a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -symbol or a literal string,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -that is, if it starts with a special character, such as 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an operator character
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -or parenthesis.</para>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +symbol, that is, if it starts with a string or a special 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> character,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +such as an operator character or parenthesis.</para>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  <para>You can retrieve the current NUMERIC FORM setting 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> with the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  <xref linkend="bifForm" xrefstyle="select:title"/> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> built-in function.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>  </para>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hälsningar/Regards/Grüsse,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ooRexx
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
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