[Tutor] Patches

[Kent Johnson]

Øyvind wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I need to access SMTP with SSL and found this patch:
> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1567274&group_id=5470
> 
> But, I cannot find anything with Google or in the Python documentation
> about how to apply a patch.
> 
> Is patch a program I have to download somewhere? Or can only patches be
> used in Linux?

There is a patch program for windows here:
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/patch.htm

The patch you reference modifies two files, a .tex file and a .py file. 
The .tex file is the source for the module documentation, you probably 
won't have that, so you may have to edit it out of the patch file.

Kent