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24.1; `C-x C-q' should say that the buffer is now read only or writable

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: 11726 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11726: 24.1; `C-x C-q' should say that the buffer is now read only or writable
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:07:42 -0700

Subject line says it all.  Yes, the mode line tells you the new status,
but it is common courtesy for a mode toggle to announce the new state
with a message.  Newbies, in particular, can benefit from such a
message, not necessarily noticing or understanding the mode-line symbol
change.

In GNU Emacs 24.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2012-06-10 on MARVIN
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
Configured using:
 `configure --with-gcc (4.6) --cflags
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include
 -ID:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-3.0.9/include'
 

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