From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: "Roland Winkler" <winkler@gnu.org>
Cc: 17666@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17666: 24.3.91; [regression] call-process in read-only buffers
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2014 13:57:21 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvr437ci50.fsf-monnier+emacsbugs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42346.74055.958802.21388@gargle.gargle.HOWL> (Roland Winkler's message of "Mon, 2 Jun 2014 11:25:14 -0500")
>> > evaluate the following with emacs -Q
>> > ;; running a process with no output via call-process
>> > ;; in any read-only buffer will do
>> > (with-temp-buffer
>> > (let ((buffer-read-only t))
>> > (call-process "true" nil t)))
>> > No problem with emacs 24.3
>> I do not remember this being changed consciously, but the change does
>> sound like a bug fix: you should bind inhibit-read-only if you want to
>> insert text into a read-only buffer, and call-process shouldn't be
>> an exception.
> But what is the problem if a process does not have any output?
Ah.. eh.. hmm.. yeah.. that case!
Well, then better make sure your process does output something!
Stefan "who skipped the "true" part, obviously. Sorry"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-02 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-02 15:01 bug#17666: 24.3.91; [regression] call-process in read-only buffers Roland Winkler
2014-06-02 16:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-06-02 16:25 ` Roland Winkler
2014-06-02 17:37 ` Glenn Morris
2014-06-02 17:45 ` Glenn Morris
2014-06-02 18:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-06-02 18:14 ` Roland Winkler
2014-06-02 17:57 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2014-06-02 18:42 ` Stefan Monnier
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