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

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Message #35 received at 73727-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 73727-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#73727: dired-view-file vs. emacs -nw
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2024 12:16:51 +0200

> Cc: 73727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:28:14 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> 
> > From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> > Cc: 73727 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:16:22 +0800
> > 
> > All I know is a couple more erroneous keystroks, and one ends up
> > accidentally editing one of these files, with its regexp parser choking
> > long lines... might end up using all the CPU...
> 
> dired-view-file visits the file in read-only mode, so you are not
> supposed to edit it unless you really mean to...
> 
> IOW, it sounds like there was some cockpit error in your case, and you
> somehow decided that it's Emacs's fault.  It isn't.

No substantial new information or comments about this in more than 2
weeks, so I'm now closing this bug.

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