Bryan Donlan on Fri, 2 Jul 2004 10:53:25 -0500 (CDT)


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Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: The Direct Approach.


On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:30:33 -0400 (EDT), Zarpint <athena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 2 Jul 2004, Bryan Donlan wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 11:17:06 -0400 (EDT), Daniel Peter Lepage
> > <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > bd wrote:
> > >
> > > > The problem is, if you make one typo, or an extra space, or your mail
> > > > client wraps, it won't match. A unidiff sent to a web interface (or as
> > > > an attachment) would be better.
> > >
> > > I don't know a lot about the unidiff syntax... how do you tell it what to replace in a way that's typo-proof?
> >
> > You use the diff utility.
> 
> You know what I'd prefer? You have to replace a rule in its entirety. We
> can sed the thing ourselves. That would greatly reduce the chances of
> error.

And make merging two props which modify the same rule impossible.

-- 
bd
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