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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: bug#5658: 23.1; Viewing .info files in Emacs' info-viewer
Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:23:08 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvzl2m34ht.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <hmnmdj$vso$1@dough.gmane.org> (Kevin Rodgers's message of "Thu,  04 Mar 2010 00:10:46 -0700")

> That doesn't work either: even if the file is editable, the buffer is
> read-only.

That's not necessarily a problem.  Several major modes put their buffer
in a read-only mode even if the underlying file is writable.  This is
typically the case for modes that change the appearance of the buffer
(use things like after-string and display properties).

I think in the case of Info buffers, it's perfectly OK to open them in
read-only mode even if the file is writable.


        Stefan







  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-03-05 20:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-02-28 19:28 bug#5658: 23.1; Viewing .info files in Emacs' info-viewer usr.gentoo
2010-03-02 21:11 ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-03  6:05 ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-03-03 19:30   ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-04  2:45     ` Stefan Monnier
2010-03-06 17:55       ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-04  7:10     ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-03-04 21:18       ` Juri Linkov
2010-03-05  5:29         ` Kevin Rodgers
2010-03-05 20:23       ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2012-12-08  3:37 ` Chong Yidong
2012-12-08  9:07   ` Eli Zaretskii

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