Re: Whats the idiomatic way to erase a buffer?

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> (defun my-func (name)
>   (with-current-buffer (get-buffer-create name)
>     (let ((inhibit-read-only t))
>       (erase-buffer))

That look OK.

> When I bury the buffer with 'q' and create the same
> buffer, 'q' now complains:
>
> Text is read-only: "Attempt to change text outside editable field"

I think you want to M-x toggle-debug-on-error RET, then reproduce the
bug so we can see the backtrace which will hopefully clarify what's
going on.  It may be that the buffer has overlays that survive the
erasure (as 0-length overlays) and then re-grow as text is inserted.


        Stefan