Re: Block comments inside block comments

[Carnë Draug]

2010/3/24 John W. Eaton <address@hidden>:
> On 23-Mar-2010, Carn  Draug wrote:
>
> | @@ -208,7 +232,10 @@
> |      "Return list delimiter.  See also `]'."),
> |
> |    pair_type ("\\",
> | -    "Left division operator.  See also `/' and `./'."),
> | +    "Left division operator.  See also `/' and `./'.\n\
> | +\n\
> | +The backslash character can also be used as continuation marker\n\
> | +character.  See also `...'."),
>
> I would rather not encourage the use of the backslash character for
> continuations, so please remove this change from the next version of
> the patch that you submit.
>
> Please also include a ChangeLog entry for your changes, and if you are
> using Mercurial, please submit a changeset instead of a plain diff.
> If you are not using Mercurial, then please start using it for working
> on Octave.
>
> Thanks,
>
> jwe
>

I am sorry if this sounds stupid but could you please tell me what you
mean with that? I never ever did anything of this like before. All I
did to get that file was

hg diff > helpatch.diff

Carnẽ Draug