From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "D. Power" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: A problem with read-only in emacs Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:45:41 -0600 Organization: None Whatsoever Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1217179884 12076 80.91.229.12 (27 Jul 2008 17:31:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:31:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jul 27 19:32:14 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KNA6M-0005sg-KD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:32:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52931 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KNA5S-0008GA-KU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:31:14 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news2.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.pcisys.net!news.pcisys.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:45:42 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Original-Lines: 13 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-X-Trace: sv3-vHVDgu2dsc8sDqxTqTRFuHu2799YHi7q14nlZH7/9jwnVI9NX3ZJPqFOk6/mC9BMvFCe8GTXePlEZUy!8GBn0kH3qfP6oydouXWo+w47i/ZP3zeofuvAirywHBfzWLJ0tzu49UWPwpQYqeglxiDWLDvs4+8C!BV8Nu0bUSNA= X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:160624 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:30:56 -0400 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:55978 Archived-At: Hi, I hope someone can help me with this little problem. It seems that I (or the keyboard-walking kitten) have somehow changed the settings in emacs (21.2.1) so that new files are created as read-only, so I have to chmod any new file before I can edit it. What have I (or the kitten) done, and how can I undo it? -- D. Power "I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way." -Robert Frost