saveplace prevent me from quitting if ~/.emacs-places is write-protected

saveplace prevent me from quitting if ~/.emacs-places is write-protected

[matthieu.moy]

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In GNU Emacs 21.2.2 (sparc-sun-solaris2.5.1, X toolkit)
 of 2002-08-05 on crx968
configured using `configure  --prefix=/var/tmp/bgm'
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: C
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I have  saveplace enabled, and  I launched Emacs from  another account
than mine, so, no permission on ~/.emacs-place. 

C-x C-c to  quit, it asks me if I want  to save ~/.emacs-place anyway,
because it's write protected. I say no, and get this error message

« basic-save-buffer-2:  Attempt to  save to  a file  which  you aren't
allowed to write »

Which  I understand,  but  the problem  is  that it  prevents me  from
quitting !!


Recent input:
y e s <return> C-x C-c y e s <return> n o <return> 
C-x C-f ~ / . e m <tab> . e <tab> <return> C-s . e 
m a c s - p l C-s C-s C-s C-s <up> C-s e m a c s - 
p l C-s C-s C-s <prior> C-x C-f e m <tab> - c u <tab> 
<return> C-s p l a C-s C-s C-s C-s C-s <up> C-s C-s 
<prior> C-x k <return> C-s p l a c s <down> <C-tab> 
<C-tab> <C-tab> <C-tab> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
<help-menu> <report-emacs-bug>

Recent messages:
Loading emacsbug...done
byte-code: Quit
(No files need saving)
Saving places to /users/mm43/.emacs-places...
basic-save-buffer-2: Attempt to save to a file which you aren't allowed to write
Note: file is write protected [2 times]
Followed link to /users/mm43/etc/emacs.el
Mark saved where search started [2 times]
Note: file is write protected
Mark saved where search started [2 times]

Re: saveplace prevent me from quitting if ~/.emacs-places is write-protected

[Kevin Rodgers]

matthieu.moy@imag.fr wrote:

> I have  saveplace enabled, and  I launched Emacs from  another account
> than mine, so, no permission on ~/.emacs-place. 


How do you have saveplace enabled?  If it were enabled in your ~/.emacs but not
in the other account's ~/.emacs, then you wouldn't have this problem.


-- 
<a href="mailto:&lt;kevin.rodgers&#64;ihs.com&gt;">Kevin Rodgers</a>