GNU bug report logs - #20380
24.5; (shell-command-on-region ... "*Messages*") yields "Buffer is read-only" error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 09:11:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.5

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Alexis <flexibeast <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20380: 24.5;
 (shell-command-on-region ... "*Messages*") yields "Buffer is
 read-only" error
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 19:51:57 +1000

Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net> writes:

> I have the following problem with Emacs 24:
>
> emacs -Q --eval \ 
>   '(shell-command-on-region (point) (point) "cp" t t 
>   "*Messages*")' tst.txt
>
> yields a "Buffer is read-only: #<buffer *Messages*>" error 
> instead of outputting the standard error from "cp" to the buffer 
> *Messages* like with Emacs 23.

NEWS section "Changes in Emacs 24.4" states: 

   ** The *Messages* buffer is created in `messages-buffer-mode', 
   a new major mode, with read-only status.


Alexis.
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