From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Since some months, my .el files are read only, why?
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:40:34 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <861q3pfffx.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZpfZMREUN2shlMdP@lco2> (message from Jean Louis on Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:46:09 +0300)
> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:46:09 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>
> * Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2024-07-17 14:36]:
> > > I have renamed RCS directory and now those files do not appear read only.
> > >
> > > But I wonder how is that when rcs command was not installed.
> >
> > That's clear to me: when you check-in a file into RCS, it is made
> > read-only in the filesystem. That's how RCS works, always has.
>
> Mystery solved.
>
> Question is if it should be that way even if `rcs' command is not installed.
Emacs tries to be efficient, so it takes the existence of the RCS
subdirectory and the files in it as the indication of the fact that
the file is managed by RCS. This is faster than invoking the RCS
programs.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-07-19 17:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-07-06 11:51 Since some months, my .el files are read only, why? Jean Louis
2024-07-06 11:58 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-06 12:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-06 12:47 ` Jean Louis
2024-07-06 13:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-07 6:46 ` Jean Louis
2024-07-10 6:28 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-11 18:00 ` Emanuel Berg
2024-07-14 6:00 ` Jean Louis
2024-07-17 9:54 ` Robert Pluim
2024-07-17 13:31 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-07-17 11:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-07-17 14:46 ` Jean Louis
2024-07-19 17:40 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-07-26 9:28 ` Jean Louis
2024-07-30 16:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
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