Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm
Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com
Message-ID: <3933DCF5.A7D229FD@dothill.com>
Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 11:23:33 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <Jason.Tishler@dothill.com>
Organization: Dot Hill Systems Corporation
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
Subject: Re: less problem
References: <392FD5F2.33908B37@rocketmail.com> <392FF1BE.65E8BA06@dothill.com> <20000527124002.B26898@cygnus.com> <392FFD3D.EFB81EC4@dothill.com> <20000527125819.A27130@cygnus.com> <3933C912.A952445F@dothill.com> <20000530100316.A8981@cygnus.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Chris,

Chris Faylor wrote:
> >See attached for the rxvt and vt100 entries.
> 
> That is not a patch, unfortunately.
> 
> The key here is that you wanted me to do something for you.  I am
> willing to do it but it is in your best interests to provide me with
> something that is standard (i.e., a patch) and will require minimal
> effort on my part to work with.
> 
> A patch just requires that I type cd /somedirectory; patch < somefile.
> It does not require that I inspect the file in question and try to
> determine where to put things.  It's only marginally more work for me
> but I'd like people to be in the habit of sending patches, just like
> every other free software mailing list in the world.

Thank you for your edification.  When submitting patches in the
future, I will only use the above mentioned format.

Regarding this patch -- it seems like Michael Ring beat me to it.

Jason

-- 
Jason Tishler
Director, Software Engineering       Phone: +1 (732) 264-8770 x235
Dot Hill Systems Corporation         Fax:   +1 (732) 264-8798
82 Bethany Road, Suite 7             Email: Jason.Tishler@dothill.com
Hazlet, NJ 07730 USA                 WWW:   http://www.dothill.com

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com