Re: tabulated-list-print updates buffer content and sets it read-only

[Jean Louis]

* uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me> [2023-06-16 19:04]:
> I have been using "tabulated-list-print", which updates the buffer content 
> and sets it to 
> read-only mode by default. This prevents modifications to the buffer after it 
> has been 
> printed.  Just printing the table is not very useful because it is quite 
> common to want
> to print some informational context in the buffer.  And because one can use 
> (erase-buffer),
> there is no need to update the buffer content.    

Not really, you can update entries and update the buffer.

I can see that I am updating something in y function and then simply
using again: (tabulated-list-print t t)

So yes, you can update it.

Jean

Take action in Free Software Foundation campaigns:
https://www.fsf.org/campaigns

In support of Richard M. Stallman
https://stallmansupport.org/