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From: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 10308@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10308: 24.0.92; regression: *Help* ruined for toggling read-only
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:51:19 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87aa1znoaw.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <B0194E29BB6744BE893E795F302BD70E@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:35:31 -0800")

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> In all Emacs releases prior to Emacs 24 (and even in 24 up until the
> middle of 2011), you could toggle buffer `*Help*' and edit text there
> relatively normally.  Only a very few of the ordinary keyboard keys,
> such as `RET', had any special meaning.  In particular, typically
> self-inserting keys inserted, and deleting keys deleted.

If you want to edit the buffer, switch to a major mode suitable for
editing buffers.  Closing as wontfix.





  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-26  3:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-16  7:35 bug#10308: 24.0.92; regression: *Help* ruined for toggling read-only Drew Adams
2012-04-26  3:51 ` Chong Yidong [this message]
2012-04-26 13:51   ` Drew Adams

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