Re: autoconf.texi minor typo patches

[Paul Eggert]

> From: Akim Demaille <address@hidden>
> Date: 12 Sep 2002 15:14:30 +0200
> 
> Paul> My previous autoconf.texi patch introduced a misspelling
> Paul> "compatiblity" so in penance I spell- and typo-checked the whole
> Paul> document, and installed the following patch.  Most of the
> Paul> changes are white-space fixes, e.g., standardizing on two spaces
> Paul> after a sentence.
> 
> I there any tool to do this, or did you make by hand? (``By hand''
> including the a list of replace-regexp :).

By hand, I'm afraid.

> BTW, I applied the Peter Eisentraut's patch after yours was installed,
> and many bits were common.  Unfortunately, I could not find a means to
> have patch create a `.rej' with *only* the bits which are (apparently)
> not installed.  Would that make a easy addition to patch?

Sorry, I don't quite follow, since I think 'patch' already does what
you want.  I.e., 'patch' already puts into the .rej file only the
hunks that are not applied.