From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: notbob Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: why read only buffer? Date: 6 Jul 2012 19:04:59 GMT Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1341601515 11855 80.91.229.3 (6 Jul 2012 19:05:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 19:05:15 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 06 21:05:15 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-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 1SnDq5-0007ec-Sk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 21:05:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58703 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SnDq4-0008Qk-Ru for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2012 15:05:12 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Trace: individual.net dR8DZ1ixtPVhUyZA3iVONQ21YIqc4FGVHZ0wFdBa7hU4JCt0+NtQkwyNvzIY5gW/wG Cancel-Lock: sha1:xAggj3WuMOUXCVXeJBSAi8RHCrs= User-Agent: slrn/0.9.9p1 (Linux) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:193315 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:85702 Archived-At: Jes tried to edit a file from emacs dired w/ edit cmd (e). I get this error: Buffer is read-only: # As you can see, it's a backup file. So? I can edit the regular file, but not the backup (~) file. Identical permissions. WTF!? nb -- vi --the heart of evil! "The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government." -- Patrick Henry