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Subject: Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be
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> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 13:59:52 -0400
> From: ken <gebser@mousecar.com>
> CC: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> 
> >> What does Emacs say if you type this:
> >>
> >>    M-: major-mode RET
> >>
> >> in the buffer that visits this file you aren't allowed to edit?
> >>
> >
> > image-mode
> 
> If I do "M-x text-mode", it's still not possible to edit the file... I 
> still get the message "Text is read-only".

What is the name of that file?