From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#10308: 24.0.92; regression: *Help* ruined for toggling read-only Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:51:19 +0800 Message-ID: <87aa1znoaw.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1335412333 15129 80.91.229.3 (26 Apr 2012 03:52:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:52:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 10308@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Apr 26 05:52:12 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SNFka-0002VO-3E for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:52:12 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53759 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNFkZ-0007XK-Hx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:52:11 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:47097) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNFkV-0007Wx-Tc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:52:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNFkU-0003Vl-4W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:52:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52305) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNFkU-0003Vh-1B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:52:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNFlN-0005KQ-Pt for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:53:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:53:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 10308 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 10308-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B10308.133541234620424 (code B ref 10308); Thu, 26 Apr 2012 03:53:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 10308) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Apr 2012 03:52:26 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53336 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNFkn-0005JM-KK for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:52:25 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([208.118.235.10]:33832 ident=Debian-exim) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SNFkm-0005JG-9f for 10308@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:52:25 -0400 Original-Received: from bb116-14-12-6.singnet.com.sg ([116.14.12.6]:48234 helo=ulysses) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SNFjp-0001SN-Sg; Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:51:26 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:35:31 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:59497 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" 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.