DIFF / PATCH README
for Bruce Dodson's SciTE installer


This README is not written to go with a specific version of
SciTE.  However, in general, the version of SciTE included
in the installer is often a custom build.  Generally, the
source code differences tend to be very small, since I try
to track CVS very closely and submit changes when they are
stable.  However, my source repository may include bug fixes
and other small enhancements that weren't available in time
for the official release.  My makefiles and resource files
also contain a few changes that aren't applicable for the
official version, but that help streamline my procedures
for for building, debugging, and publishing setup wizards.

My local customizations are distributed as a Unified diff
against the corresponding official source release.  This is
intended primarily as a form of disclosure, so that you
can peruse the file and understand how my version differs
from Neil's, seeing the differences all in one place.

However, aside from just viewing the differences, you can
also use GNU patch to apply this change set to a pristine
copy of the official source code, and thus get a complete
picture of what my repository looked like when I built 
this version of SciTE.



GETTING THE GNU PATCH UTILITY

In order to apply a patch, you need the GNU patch utility.
Cygwin patch or MSYS patch should work.  MSYS is easier to
install than Cygwin; it can be downloaded from here:

  http://mingw.sourceforge.net/download.shtml#hdr2

Scroll down to "Current", download "MSYS-1.0.??.exe", and
install it to the default location, C:\MSYS\1.0.  (If you
don't have MinGW, you can skip the post-install step.)

There is also a "native" Win32 port available as part of
the GnuWin32 project.  It does not appear to be as robust
as the MSYS and Cygwin versions, but it seems to behave
better than the other native ports I've seen.

  http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm

After installing, you might want to add the installation
folder to your path, e.g. C:\MSYS\1.0\bin for MSYS, or
C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin if you're using the native
GnuWin32 version.



APPLYING THE PATCH

Make a fresh copy of the official source release that
corresponds to this version of SciTE.  Go to the top folder
in the new copy.  By top folder I mean the one containing
the scite and scintilla sub-folders.

Save the change set, scite-wbd-release.diff, to that top-level
folder.  Then open a command prompt, cd to the directory, and
type:

  patch -p1 < scite-wbd-release.diff

That's it.  See... GNU patch isn't that bad.  Now what was all
the fuss about?

If you don't want to make a copy of your repository (running
low on space, whatever), or if you have made local changes
that might conflict with my changes, then you might want to do
a dry run before actually applying the patch:

  patch -p1 --dry-run < scite-wbd-release.diff

If that doesn't report errors, the patch will probably apply
cleanly.



/Bruce