Subject: bug#71405: closed (Re: bug#71405: 30.0.50; separator line in string-edit's *edit string* buffer can be deleted)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:40:03 +0000

Your bug report

#71405: 30.0.50; separator line in string-edit's *edit string* buffer can be deleted

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#71405: 30.0.50; separator line in string-edit's *edit string* buffer can be deleted
From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
To: Nicholas Vollmer <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 11:38:57 +0300
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

> From: Nicholas Vollmer <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:52:33 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > Does the patch below give good results?
> 
> Yes.

Thanks, installed on master, and closing the bug.

Subject: 30.0.50; separator line in string-edit's *edit string* buffer can be deleted
From: Nicholas Vollmer <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:55:01 -0400
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

1. emacs -q
2. eval (string-edit "test" "" #'ignore :abort-callback #'ignore)
3. In the "*edit string*" buffer delete-backward-char

Observe the separator line has been deleted.
Attempting to insert a character will user-error "Text is 
read-only".