GNU bug report logs - #11156
24.0.95; require-final-newline and read-only files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Christopher Schmidt <christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com>

Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 21:53:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.95

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Christopher Schmidt <christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11156: 24.0.95; require-final-newline and read-only files
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:49:28 +0200

Christopher Schmidt <christopher <at> ch.ristopher.com> writes:

> I think I hit on a bug in GNU Emacs 24.0.95.1
> (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.10) of 2012-04-02.
>
> Recipe:
> cd /tmp
> echo -n rms > rms
> chmod u=r rms
> emacs -q
> eval: (setq require-final-newline 'visit)
> C-x C-f /tmp/rms RET
>
> There is a new buffer but no window displays it.  The
> *Messages*-buffer contains `find-file-noselect-1: Buffer is read-only:
> #<buffer rms>'

It is annoying that one needs to manually switch to the buffer after
finding a read-only file.  But, more important, find-file-hook is not
run.  This breaks lots of packages and makes this issue a severe one for
me.

        Christopher
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