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Re: [Bug-ed] Bug#461798: warn earlier about readonly files
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Paul Jackson |
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Re: [Bug-ed] Bug#461798: warn earlier about readonly files |
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Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:54:31 -0600 |
jidanni wrote:
> vi warns, emacs warns.
Good for them.
> it usually is a big shock to me
After you too have used ed for 20 years,
it will no longer shock you.
> sometimes one discovers there is
> no place permanent to write at all
You don't need a permanent place; /tmp does fine
for the minute or two you need it.
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