Re: Help me unlock a file while in emacs on the Mac

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

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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