From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to edit/modify patches using emacs? Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 13:43:49 +0200 Message-ID: <6cf34c9c232d0cd32492906aba2dfece@Web.DE> References: <427df645$0$26177$9b622d9e@news.freenet.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1115554304 5091 80.91.229.2 (8 May 2005 12:11:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 12:11:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 08 14:11:43 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUkdB-00030y-8z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 May 2005 14:11:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUki6-0007Mf-J8 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 May 2005 08:16:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DUkcN-0005a2-IZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 May 2005 08:10:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DUkao-00052A-92 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 May 2005 08:09:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DUkXb-0003rm-HS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 May 2005 08:05:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.224] (helo=smtp06.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1DUkI7-0001yf-Qq for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 May 2005 07:49:48 -0400 Original-Received: from [84.245.189.4] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.105 #282) id 1DUkCK-0000fF-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 May 2005 13:43:48 +0200 In-Reply-To: <427df645$0$26177$9b622d9e@news.freenet.de> Original-To: Emacs help X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:26421 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:26421 Am 08.05.2005 um 13:23 schrieb Andreas R.: > When I open a patch (created by simple diff) emacs says it's = read-only. > Shouldn't they be read-only from nature? If you want to edit them, you=20= can press e in that buffer. If that does not help, check the=20 permissions of that patch file! Are you its owner? Are you allowed to=20 create a backup copy of the file in its directory? What about copying it to /tmp? This copy should be yours then and you=20 should be allowed to do with it whatever idea you develop ... -- Mit friedvollen Gr=FC=DFen Pete Behold the warranty ... the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh=20= away.