* Help me unlock a file while in emacs on the Mac
@ 2003-05-07 17:27 Susan G. Conger
2003-05-07 18:17 ` Andrew Choi
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From: Susan G. Conger @ 2003-05-07 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
I need help. I am trying to figure out the best way to unlock the file
I am currently editing in emacs on the Mac. I need to have some type of
lisp command I believe that calls the shell and execute a command. I
just don't know how to do this and it seems like it should be straight
forward.
Thanks in advance for your help,
Susan
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President Web Site Design & Development
YOERIC Corporation Database Design & Development
256 Windy Ridge Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Phone/Fax: (919)542-0071
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* Re: Help me unlock a file while in emacs on the Mac
2003-05-07 17:27 Help me unlock a file while in emacs on the Mac Susan G. Conger
@ 2003-05-07 18:17 ` Andrew Choi
2003-05-07 18:46 ` Susan G. Conger
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From: Andrew Choi @ 2003-05-07 18:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
"Susan G. Conger" <congers@yoeric.com> writes:
> I need help. I am trying to figure out the best way to unlock the file
> I am currently editing in emacs on the Mac. I need to have some type of
> lisp command I believe that calls the shell and execute a command. I
> just don't know how to do this and it seems like it should be straight
> forward.
I assume you want to unlock files with lock flags set in the Finder.
For read-only files, just use toggle-read-only.
Define the following two functions.
(defun mac-unlock-file (fn)
(interactive "fUnlock file: ")
(call-process "/usr/bin/chflags" nil t nil "nouchg" (expand-file-name fn)))
(defun mac-unlock-current-file ()
(interactive)
(mac-unlock-file (buffer-file-name)))
Then you can bind mac-unlock-current-file to a key (please see the
manual for how to do this) or just call it by typing M-x
mac-unlock-current-file.
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2003-05-07 18:17 ` Andrew Choi
@ 2003-05-07 18:46 ` Susan G. Conger
2003-05-07 19:23 ` Andrew Choi
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From: Susan G. Conger @ 2003-05-07 18:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
Andrew,
Thank you so much. I have a couple of question. I put these in my
.emacs file and they work except for one small problem. The file is
really unlocked but the buffer thinks that it is still locked. I tried
doing a C-X C-F to reread the file but it still thought it was locked.
How would I change the mac-unlock-file so that it realizes that it can
now edit the buffer and be able to save the changes back to the file.
Also, I tried to assign F7 to the mac-unlock-current-file, however I
could not figure out how to get it to except just F7 as the command key.
Here is the commands that I tried:
(global-set-key "^[[18~" 'mac-unlock-current-file)
(global-set-key "f7" 'mac-unlock-current-file)
Thanks again,
Susan
In article <m2ptmuiptm.fsf@owlbear.local>,
Andrew Choi <akochoi_NOSPAM_@shaw.ca> wrote:
> "Susan G. Conger" <congers@yoeric.com> writes:
>
> > I need help. I am trying to figure out the best way to unlock the file
> > I am currently editing in emacs on the Mac. I need to have some type of
> > lisp command I believe that calls the shell and execute a command. I
> > just don't know how to do this and it seems like it should be straight
> > forward.
>
> I assume you want to unlock files with lock flags set in the Finder.
> For read-only files, just use toggle-read-only.
>
> Define the following two functions.
>
> (defun mac-unlock-file (fn)
> (interactive "fUnlock file: ")
> (call-process "/usr/bin/chflags" nil t nil "nouchg" (expand-file-name
> fn)))
>
> (defun mac-unlock-current-file ()
> (interactive)
> (mac-unlock-file (buffer-file-name)))
>
> Then you can bind mac-unlock-current-file to a key (please see the
> manual for how to do this) or just call it by typing M-x
> mac-unlock-current-file.
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============================================================
Susan G. Conger Custom Windows & Macintosh Development
President Web Site Design & Development
YOERIC Corporation Database Design & Development
256 Windy Ridge Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Phone/Fax: (919)542-0071
email: congers@yoeric.com Web: www.yoeric.com
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* Re: Help me unlock a file while in emacs on the Mac
2003-05-07 18:46 ` Susan G. Conger
@ 2003-05-07 19:23 ` Andrew Choi
2003-05-07 19:31 ` Susan G. Conger
2003-05-07 21:02 ` Kevin Rodgers
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Andrew Choi @ 2003-05-07 19:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
"Susan G. Conger" <congers@yoeric.com> writes:
> [...] The file is really unlocked but the buffer thinks that it is
> still locked. I tried doing a C-X C-F to reread the file but it still
> thought it was locked. How would I change the mac-unlock-file so that
> it realizes that it can now edit the buffer and be able to save the
> changes back to the file.
Oops, I forgot. You need to call toggle-read-only, or change
mac-unlock-current-file to call it for you.
(defun mac-unlock-current-file ()
(interactive)
(mac-unlock-file (buffer-file-name))
(toggle-read-only))
> Also, I tried to assign F7 to the mac-unlock-current-file, however I
> could not figure out how to get it to except just F7 as the command key.
> Here is the commands that I tried:
>
> (global-set-key "^[[18~" 'mac-unlock-current-file)
> (global-set-key "f7" 'mac-unlock-current-file)
Please try:
(global-set-key [f7] 'mac-unlock-current-file)
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2003-05-07 19:23 ` Andrew Choi
@ 2003-05-07 19:31 ` Susan G. Conger
2003-05-07 21:02 ` Kevin Rodgers
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Susan G. Conger @ 2003-05-07 19:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
Andrew,
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
IT WORKS! This has been bothering me for quite some time.
Thanks,
Susan
In article <m2of2ea7dj.fsf@owlbear.local>,
Andrew Choi <akochoi_NOSPAM_@shaw.ca> wrote:
> "Susan G. Conger" <congers@yoeric.com> writes:
>
> > [...] The file is really unlocked but the buffer thinks that it is
> > still locked. I tried doing a C-X C-F to reread the file but it still
> > thought it was locked. How would I change the mac-unlock-file so that
> > it realizes that it can now edit the buffer and be able to save the
> > changes back to the file.
>
> Oops, I forgot. You need to call toggle-read-only, or change
> mac-unlock-current-file to call it for you.
>
> (defun mac-unlock-current-file ()
> (interactive)
> (mac-unlock-file (buffer-file-name))
> (toggle-read-only))
>
> > Also, I tried to assign F7 to the mac-unlock-current-file, however I
> > could not figure out how to get it to except just F7 as the command key.
> > Here is the commands that I tried:
> >
> > (global-set-key "^[[18~" 'mac-unlock-current-file)
> > (global-set-key "f7" 'mac-unlock-current-file)
>
> Please try:
>
> (global-set-key [f7] 'mac-unlock-current-file)
--
============================================================
Susan G. Conger Custom Windows & Macintosh Development
President Web Site Design & Development
YOERIC Corporation Database Design & Development
256 Windy Ridge Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Phone/Fax: (919)542-0071
email: congers@yoeric.com Web: www.yoeric.com
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* Re: Help me unlock a file while in emacs on the Mac
2003-05-07 19:23 ` Andrew Choi
2003-05-07 19:31 ` Susan G. Conger
@ 2003-05-07 21:02 ` Kevin Rodgers
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Kevin Rodgers @ 2003-05-07 21:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
Andrew Choi wrote:
> "Susan G. Conger" <congers@yoeric.com> writes:
>
>
>>[...] The file is really unlocked but the buffer thinks that it is
>>still locked. I tried doing a C-X C-F to reread the file but it still
>>thought it was locked. How would I change the mac-unlock-file so that
>>it realizes that it can now edit the buffer and be able to save the
>>changes back to the file.
>>
>
> Oops, I forgot. You need to call toggle-read-only, or change
> mac-unlock-current-file to call it for you.
>
> (defun mac-unlock-current-file ()
> (interactive)
> (mac-unlock-file (buffer-file-name))
> (toggle-read-only))
Wouldn't revert-buffer be more reliable than toggle-read-only?
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