[emacs-wiki-discuss] Re: about patches

[Michael Olson]

Raimund Kohl-Fuechsle <address@hidden> writes:

> now here comes a real silly question: Here and there patches get
> published on this list ... where do I put them?  In my .emacs file?
> Or in the apropriate xy.el?

Most patches can be installed by downloading the patch, changing into
the directory that you want to change, and typing

$ cat /location/of/the.patch | patch -p1

This will modify the files in the current directory.

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