GNU bug report logs - #73727
dired-view-file vs. emacs -nw

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:43:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #24 received at 73727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 73727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73727: dired-view-file vs. emacs -nw
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 10:04:47 +0300

> From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Cc: 73727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 06:05:29 +0800
> 
> >>>>> "EZ" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> EZ> dired-view-file visits the file in read-only mode, so you are not
> EZ> supposed to edit it unless you really mean to...
> 
> (Actually there are tons of keys that will, if held down a little too
> long, end up inserting characters into the top of JPGs:
> 
> RET		dired-find-file
> e .. f		dired-find-file
> o		dired-find-file-other-window
> 
> Yes, users should then use "undo".)

I don't see how this changes what I already told above.
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