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Subject: A Means Of Converting A Dif. File To An Updated File
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Date: 21 Dec 87 20:55:41 GMT
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Hi

            I have obtained a lot of modifications to sources that have been
broadcasted on the net. The majority of these modications have been published
by means of a file created from the differences utility. I would like to take
the original paragraph from the difference file and substitute the new
paragraph in its place. Ideally I would like a program to take the original
file, then take a "difference file" and produce the updated file that was used
with the original file to produce the "difference file" in the first place. If
this is not possible could you sugest a macro for EDT $or TPU that would
select text in the normal way and then search for the first section of
selected text and replace it with the second.
            Another point I would find of use is to be able to put a paragraph
of text into the search buffer in screen mode and search for a paragraph. For
instance use the "select key" then place the selected text in the search
buffer.
            As far as I can see there is nothing of this kind in the
orange books, and the only way is to write something in tpu. I realise that it
would be faster mailing for the source code if it was only going to be used
once, but as more and more difference files are posted on the net, it would be
a useful program to have.

Keywords: Edit, EDT, TPU, Search, Replace, Difference


Yours Sincerly

Andrew Kidd.

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