strange behaviour when running a script via "run"

[Carlo de Falco]

On 21 Apr 2009, at 07:13, John W. Eaton wrote:

>
> The following patch should fix the problem, but I haven't checked it
> in yet because I'd like to think more about whether there is a better
> way to handle scope changes like this.
>
> jwe

I applied the patch and I can confirm taht the problem is fixed, thanks!

BTW I had to apply the patch manually as I wasn't able to do it  
automatically,
what would be the correct procedure to apply a patch in that format?
c.