From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13261: 24.3.50; unclear behavior & msg: "File is read-only on disk. Change buffer mode?" Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:45:48 -0800 Message-ID: <87vbwpj95v.fsf@building.gnus.org> References: <3AEE032F741740CCA5D9EF9664BB5DDE@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391914093 7813 80.91.229.3 (9 Feb 2014 02:48:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 02:48:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13261@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Drew Adams" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 09 03:48:21 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKRL-0005Zl-9x for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 03:48:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48888 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKRK-00017w-Oo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:48:14 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54851) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKRD-00016j-6G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:48:12 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKR8-0006A6-5i for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:48:07 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44538) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKR8-0006A2-2M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:48:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKR7-0008Qm-RZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:48:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:48:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13261 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13261-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13261.139191403632331 (code B ref 13261); Sun, 09 Feb 2014 02:48:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13261) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Feb 2014 02:47:16 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58554 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKQN-0008PO-RD for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:47:16 -0500 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]:56961) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKQL-0008PC-Jx for 13261@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 08 Feb 2014 21:47:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [204.14.154.233] (helo=building.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1WCKQ6-00043c-Fm; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 03:46:58 +0100 In-Reply-To: <3AEE032F741740CCA5D9EF9664BB5DDE@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Sun, 23 Dec 2012 16:05:56 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-MailScanner-ID: 1WCKQ6-00043c-Fm MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1392518819.92677@BJtrsnaYMmxvZtSAV0H5BA X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85016 Archived-At: "Drew Adams" writes: > First, the message is unclear: "buffer mode" in Emacs means the major > mode of the buffer. Is that really what is meant here? Or does the > message mean changing between read-only and writable "modes"? The latter, as far as I can see. I've now clarified the prompt. > Second, why is this message issued in the scenario I described? I am > not claiming that it is incorrect to do so (I don't know). But it is a > mystery to me how the read-only/writable status is changed here. `find-file-noselect' takes a nowarn parameter... -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/