Re: Trying to patch a beautiful desktop
At 14:52 08.03.2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-08 14:41, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:22 08.03.2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-08 05:34, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. I know, but I need to do it this way. No, you don't. At least not until you have proven that this way is easier, faster, cleaner and more productive than wasting your time and the time of a dozen more people by struggling to do something the hard/uphill way just because :P Why do you think that you need to edit the patch file manually? It's so much easier to just untar two copies of the source, i.e. with: $ cd work $ tar xzf foo-1.2.3.tar.gz mv foo-1.2.3 foo.orig $ tar xzf foo-1.2.3.tar.gz mv foo-1.2.3 foo then work on the files of the foo/ tree and use diff(1) when you're done with all your changes: $ diff -ruN foo.orig foo ~/work/patchfile 21 I don't see why you need to do this any other way. How may I learn more about the .diff format? Reading the source of diff(1) or patch(1) should be *the* authoritative way of learning about all diff formats. Hey man! Thanks for the tutorial. The need arose because I needed to import this patch into my general file repository, which carries along with it very strict standards of design even when it comes to simple ASCII files. I guess I love what I do so much that I have to take consideration even of small trifles like that :) Thanks again man, Vaaf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trying to patch a beautiful desktop
On 2006-03-08 05:34, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trying to patch a beautiful desktop
At 10:22 08.03.2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-08 05:34, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 I know, but I need to do it this way. How may I learn more about the .diff format? Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trying to patch a beautiful desktop
On 2006-03-08 14:41, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:22 08.03.2006, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-08 05:34, Kristian Vaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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. I know, but I need to do it this way. No, you don't. At least not until you have proven that this way is easier, faster, cleaner and more productive than wasting your time and the time of a dozen more people by struggling to do something the hard/uphill way just because :P Why do you think that you need to edit the patch file manually? It's so much easier to just untar two copies of the source, i.e. with: $ cd work $ tar xzf foo-1.2.3.tar.gz mv foo-1.2.3 foo.orig $ tar xzf foo-1.2.3.tar.gz mv foo-1.2.3 foo then work on the files of the foo/ tree and use diff(1) when you're done with all your changes: $ diff -ruN foo.orig foo ~/work/patchfile 21 I don't see why you need to do this any other way. How may I learn more about the .diff format? Reading the source of diff(1) or patch(1) should be *the* authoritative way of learning about all diff formats. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Trying to patch a beautiful desktop
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. Would anybody mind having a look at patch_new.diff compared to the patch_old.diff in http://www.home.no/hedhnta/openbox.tgz and tell me how to succeed in only including what is absolutely necessary into this patch file -- in a way that works? The file also include the theme files, that together with a proper iconset would look terribly stunning. I haven't gotten to the icons yet though, since customize.org seems to be down. Thanks all, Vaaf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
