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* rmail buffer switches in R/O mode everytime: how to debug ?
@ 2025-02-02 22:40 Xavier Maillard
  2025-02-03 12:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Xavier Maillard @ 2025-02-02 22:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

Hello,

when I try to quit/save rmail buffers, it keeps telling me that buffer
is read-only.
Thus I have to C-x C-q to switch to R/W.

What could cause this ?

 - xavier.



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* Re: rmail buffer switches in R/O mode everytime: how to debug ?
  2025-02-02 22:40 rmail buffer switches in R/O mode everytime: how to debug ? Xavier Maillard
@ 2025-02-03 12:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
  2025-02-03 19:50   ` Xavier Maillard
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2025-02-03 12:09 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

> From: Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im>
> Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 23:40:30 +0100
> 
> Hello,
> 
> when I try to quit/save rmail buffers, it keeps telling me that buffer
> is read-only.
> Thus I have to C-x C-q to switch to R/W.

Doesn't happen to me.

You don't need to make the buffer writable to be able to save it.

> What could cause this ?

Some customization of yours?  Try in "emacs -Q".



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* Re: rmail buffer switches in R/O mode everytime: how to debug ?
  2025-02-03 12:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2025-02-03 19:50   ` Xavier Maillard
  2025-02-03 20:15     ` Eli Zaretskii
  2025-02-04  8:49     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Xavier Maillard @ 2025-02-03 19:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im>
>> Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 23:40:30 +0100
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> when I try to quit/save rmail buffers, it keeps telling me that buffer
>> is read-only.
>> Thus I have to C-x C-q to switch to R/W.
>
> Doesn't happen to me.

Here is the message I get (from *Messages* buffer):

Saving file /Users/x/.local/share/mail/in/inbox.rmail...
run-hook-with-args-until-success: Buffer is read-only: #<buffer inbox.rmail>


> Some customization of yours?  Try in "emacs -Q".

I will try.



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* Re: rmail buffer switches in R/O mode everytime: how to debug ?
  2025-02-03 19:50   ` Xavier Maillard
@ 2025-02-03 20:15     ` Eli Zaretskii
  2025-02-03 20:24       ` Xavier Maillard
  2025-02-04  8:49     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2025-02-03 20:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

> From: Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:50:19 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> From: Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im>
> >> Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 23:40:30 +0100
> >>
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> when I try to quit/save rmail buffers, it keeps telling me that buffer
> >> is read-only.
> >> Thus I have to C-x C-q to switch to R/W.
> >
> > Doesn't happen to me.
> 
> Here is the message I get (from *Messages* buffer):
> 
> Saving file /Users/x/.local/share/mail/in/inbox.rmail...
> run-hook-with-args-until-success: Buffer is read-only: #<buffer inbox.rmail>

So you have some hook that is run as side effect of saving, and that
hook causes the error.  Thus, the next question is: what is that hook
and what does it do?



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* Re: rmail buffer switches in R/O mode everytime: how to debug ?
  2025-02-03 20:15     ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2025-02-03 20:24       ` Xavier Maillard
  2025-02-03 20:32         ` Xavier Maillard
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Xavier Maillard @ 2025-02-03 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs


This is exactly what I am trying to figure out. My .emacs is quite basic
and there is nothing rmail related doing weird things.



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* Re: rmail buffer switches in R/O mode everytime: how to debug ?
  2025-02-03 20:24       ` Xavier Maillard
@ 2025-02-03 20:32         ` Xavier Maillard
  2025-02-04 12:14           ` Eli Zaretskii
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Xavier Maillard @ 2025-02-03 20:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: eliz; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs


Fount it !

Culprit seems to be this:

; Clean trailing whitespace before saving:
(add-to-list 'write-file-functions 'delete-trailing-whitespace)

Is this a bug ? (GNU Emacs 31)




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* Re: rmail buffer switches in R/O mode everytime: how to debug ?
  2025-02-03 19:50   ` Xavier Maillard
  2025-02-03 20:15     ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2025-02-04  8:49     ` Alfred M. Szmidt
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Alfred M. Szmidt @ 2025-02-04  8:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Xavier Maillard; +Cc: eliz, help-gnu-emacs

   >> when I try to quit/save rmail buffers, it keeps telling me that buffer
   >> is read-only.
   >> Thus I have to C-x C-q to switch to R/W.
   >
   > Doesn't happen to me.

   Here is the message I get (from *Messages* buffer):

   Saving file /Users/x/.local/share/mail/in/inbox.rmail...
   run-hook-with-args-until-success: Buffer is read-only: #<buffer inbox.rmail>

Double check the permissions on the file, and the directory it is in.



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* Re: rmail buffer switches in R/O mode everytime: how to debug ?
  2025-02-03 20:32         ` Xavier Maillard
@ 2025-02-04 12:14           ` Eli Zaretskii
  2025-02-04 18:59             ` Xavier Maillard
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2025-02-04 12:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: help-gnu-emacs

> From: Xavier Maillard <x@maillard.im>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 21:32:35 +0100
> 
> 
> Fount it !
> 
> Culprit seems to be this:
> 
> ; Clean trailing whitespace before saving:
> (add-to-list 'write-file-functions 'delete-trailing-whitespace)
> 
> Is this a bug ? (GNU Emacs 31)

I don't think this is a bug: why would you want to delete trailing
space from the inbox file?  Its format must be preserved, even if
there are excess spaces there.

So I would be more selective in your hook: invoke
delete-trailing-whitespace only in some buffers, not in Rmail buffer.



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* Re: rmail buffer switches in R/O mode everytime: how to debug ?
  2025-02-04 12:14           ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2025-02-04 18:59             ` Xavier Maillard
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Xavier Maillard @ 2025-02-04 18:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> So I would be more selective in your hook: invoke
> delete-trailing-whitespace only in some buffers, not in Rmail buffer.

Makes sense. Thank you.



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