GNU bug report logs - #7292
Inappropriate uses of toggle-read-only?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ryan Twitchell <metatheorem <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 00:12:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Fixed in version 24.0.92

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 7292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ryan Twitchell <metatheorem <at> gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 7292 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7292: view-mode clobbers speedbar bindings
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 23:11:37 -0400

On 10/27/2010 11:01 PM, Glenn Morris wrote:
> Ryan Twitchell wrote:
>
>> speedbar-mode calls toggle-read-only;
> Why does it do this, as opposed to `(setq buffer-read-only t)'?
>
> (I notice a few other files call toggle-read-only as well. Seems odd.)

A fair question.  I suppose this is just caution: toggle-read-only will
always "do the right thing" to make sure the buffer is read-only, though
setting buffer-read-only should be sufficient.

Ryan Twitchell
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