From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: jari.aalto@poboxes.com (Jari Aalto) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: global-autorevert-mode does not preserve read-only status Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:31:02 +0300 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87oekrk3a1.fsf@cante.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1093963535 29030 80.91.224.253 (31 Aug 2004 14:45:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 14:45:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 31 16:45:21 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C29Uy-0002P2-00 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:20:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C29Zo-0003tG-Tq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:25:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C29ZX-0003r5-6Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:25:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C29ZP-0003pT-7v for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:25:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C29ZO-0003pE-3V for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:25:10 -0400 Original-Received: from [193.229.0.32] (helo=fep30-app.kolumbus.fi) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C29Tv-0003Dz-0z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:19:31 -0400 Original-Received: from cante ([81.197.3.110]) by fep30-app.kolumbus.fi with ESMTP id <20040831103105.JISP23396.fep30-app.kolumbus.fi@cante> for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:31:05 +0300 Original-Received: from jaalto by cante with local (Exim 4.34) id 1C25uo-0006d4-BH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:31:04 +0300 Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: jari.aalto@poboxes.com X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1 (built Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:06:07 +0200) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on cante) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:8886 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:8886 Test suite: 1. C-x C-f /var/log/syslog (or any other growing log file) 2. That buffer shoudl not be edited, so we want C-x C-q 3. M-x global-autorevert-mode (start following all logs) ... after a while the log buffer is reverted, but unfortunately the read only status that the user activated for the buffer is not preserved after auto reverted has reloaded the buffer. I think the state should be preserved as user had set it. Jari