GNU bug report logs - #43844
27.1; Mouse-3 avoid "Buffer is read-only" *patch*

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Corwin Brust <corwin <at> bru.st>

Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2020 11:35:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Corwin Brust <corwin <at> bru.st>
Cc: 43844 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#43844: 27.1; Mouse-3 avoid "Buffer is read-only" *patch*
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 06:02:26 +0100

Corwin Brust <corwin <at> bru.st> writes:

> Should it be the users responsibility to set this variable (in some
> hook? which?) for any buffers that default to read-only?

Yes.  Some buffers have read-only text, and killing that text will
signal an error (by design), whether you kill the text using the mouse
or with `C-w'.  If the user wants to be able to kill the text, then the
user should set that variable.

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