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On 2013-09-22, Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> wrote:

>   echo "1" > /proc/path/to/control

The above is the accepted solution to editing that particular file, I
jes thought I'd try and do it manually via emacs, which did work,
after a fashion.  Thank you for the detailed explanation of why the
normal emacs mechanisms did not work.  Makes perfect sense.  ;)

nb