It's meant to be read like this:
Code:
Template: forumhome_subforumbit_post
2c2
< <img class="inlineimg" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_statusicon}/{vb:raw forum.imageprefix}subforum_{vb:raw forum.statusicon}-48.png" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_{vb:raw forum.forumid}" />
---
> <span id="forum_statusicon_{vb:raw forum.forumid}" class="inlineimg sprite_statusicon_{vb:raw forum.imageprefix}subforum_{vb:raw forum.statusicon}_48"></span>
translates into:
In template: forumhome_subforumbit_post
In Line 2 - search for
Code:
<img class="inlineimg" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_statusicon}/{vb:raw forum.imageprefix}subforum_{vb:raw forum.statusicon}-48.png" alt="" border="0" id="forum_statusicon_{vb:raw forum.forumid}" />
and replace with
Code:
<span id="forum_statusicon_{vb:raw forum.forumid}" class="inlineimg sprite_statusicon_{vb:raw forum.imageprefix}subforum_{vb:raw forum.statusicon}_48"></span>
Hope that helps.
edit: You do not need any special program to open the diff file. Any editor is enough. It's plain text. Opening it via tortoise svn just adds color coding.