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Submitting a patch
What to do about a bug

• First, you need to get a copy of the latest source code via cvs. Instructions for doing this can be found here.
  
• Once you have a current copy of the source code, edit the code to make it do what you want it to do, or to fix a bug, etc.
  
• Test your edited version of Openbox. Test it again. Test it again.
  
• Once you are sure that it is working how you want to it work, you need to create the patch. First, make sure that you capture any changes to the cvs repository since you got you copy of the code. This can be done by going to the top level of the openbox code, and using the command

  cvs update -dAP

• Now, to make the patch which you will be submitting, use the command

  cvs diff -puRN > yourchanges.patch

• Now you should take a look at this patch. Looking at what you changed is a good way to find bugs in your code. Once you are satisfied with the patch, mail it to us.