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From: Mathias Dahl <brakjoller@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to refresh a buffer?
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:35:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <u4ppz91sb.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1170693641.635670.113980@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com

"Vols" <volunteers@gmail.com> writes:

> I opened a file in Emacs and found it was read-only. I use the
> terminal command "chmod +w file.cpp" to make it writable. After I
> return to Emacs the file is still read-only. I have to close this
> file and re-open it.

No need to close it. You can try C-x C-v, `find-alternate-file'. It
will prompt you for a new file but offer the current one, so you only
need to type RET to open it again.

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-02-06  7:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-02-05 16:40 How to refresh a buffer? Vols
2007-02-05 16:55 ` HS
2007-02-06  7:25   ` Piet van Oostrum
2007-02-05 17:08 ` Marc Tfardy
2007-02-05 17:13 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2007-02-05 17:44 ` Drew Adams
2007-02-05 18:41 ` David Hansen
2007-02-06  7:35 ` Mathias Dahl [this message]

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