Re: "Text is read-only"... except it isn't... or shouldn't be

[Bob Proulx]

ken wrote:
> If I do "M-x text-mode", it's still not possible to edit the file...
> I still get the message "Text is read-only".

Use:

  C-x C-q

Which means:

  C-x C-q runs the command read-only-mode
  Change whether the current buffer is read-only.

Good for an individual one-off named file that you don't normally want
to edit.

Bob