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Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be |
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Mon, 13 May 2013 19:13:58 +0300 |
> Date: Mon, 13 May 2013 05:47:46 -0400
> From: ken <gebser@mousecar.com>
>
> A file which I've been opening in emacs and editing for a few years in
> emacs suddenly with emacs version 22.1.1 became read-only. I open it,
> can navigate around in it (though the cursor/mark isn't visible), but
> when I try to edit it, I'm not allowed. I get a message in the
> minibuffer saying, "Text is read-only". The beginning of the modeline
> is "-u: --". I can open this same file in vi and edit it (as the same
> user) without any problem at all. I don't have this problem with any
> other file I edit in emacs, just this one. The OS is linux, kernel
> version 2.6.18.384, and the permissions for this file are 664 and I am
> the owner of the file. If I change (i.e., mv) the name of the file to
> something else, emacs behaves normally and lets me edit the file just
> like any other file. So I'm pretty sure that the problem is that emacs
> has a problem with the file name and thinks I shouldn't be allowed to
> edit it. How do I turn this behavior off?
What does Emacs say if you type this:
M-: major-mode RET
in the buffer that visits this file you aren't allowed to edit?
- "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, ken, 2013/05/13
- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, ken, 2013/05/13
- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, ken, 2013/05/13
- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/05/13
- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, Bob Proulx, 2013/05/13
- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, ken, 2013/05/13
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- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, Barry Margolin, 2013/05/13
- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/05/13
- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, ken, 2013/05/13
- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/05/14
- Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be, Peter Dyballa, 2013/05/14