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- Use of !Patch.
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- This program applies and removes patches from applications. If you are using
- floppy disks, you are strongly recommended to copy !Patch and !Scrap to
- an empty disk, double-click on this new !Scrap, and then run !Patch from
- the new disk. This will significantly reduce the number of disk swaps
- you will have to make.
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- To test whether an application needs patching drop the application (or
- directory containing it or indeed the entire contents of $) onto the !Patch
- icon on the icon bar. A window will open indicating the known patches for
- the program, and whether they can be applied. If a patch has already been
- applied there will be the option to remove it. You should always take a
- backup of an application before patching it. Press the menu button on the
- mouse while the pointer is over the !Patch window to get the menu of patch
- options.
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- !Patch already knows how to patch Acorn Desktop Publisher (!DTP) such
- that !DTP is able to import Risc OS 3.00 draw files, and it knows how
- to patch !Internet in the TCP/IP protocol suite such that accessing NFS
- works in a task window.
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- If there is plenty of free space on the floppy disk containing the
- application you are going to patch (eg. at least 450K if you are patching
- !DTP) then running a !Scrap there will reduce the number of disk swaps
- even more. It is likely however that there will not be enough free disk
- space for you to be able to do this.
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- If the patch files you need are supplied seperately to !Patch, double click
- on them or the application directory which supplies them.
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