GNU bug report logs - #1434
Docstring for `toggle-read-only' shouldn't imply the buffer is file-visiting

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:45:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Juanma Barranquero" <lekktu <at> gmail.com>
To: Bug-Gnu-Emacs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Docstring for `toggle-read-only' shouldn't imply the buffer is file-visiting
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:37:31 +0100

Package: emacs
Severity: minor

Most references to readonly-ness in files.el do talk about
file-visiting buffers, which makes sense. However, `toggle-read-only'
is useful for non-visiting buffers too, though the docstring seems to
imply otherwise.

Docstring for `toggle-read-only' says:

 Change whether this buffer is visiting its file read-only.
 With prefix argument ARG, make the buffer read-only if ARG is
 positive, otherwise make it writable.  If visiting file read-only
 and `view-read-only' is non-nil, enter view mode.


   Juanma
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