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[PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file

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Message #8 received at 74637 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
Cc: 74637 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:29:22 +0200

> Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2024 22:40:16 +0200
> From:  Björn Bidar via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Make view-mode behave like when called in view-file when entered because
> `view-read-only' is true on a file which is not writable.
> The change makes the view-read-only behave better on files which are
> not writable. 
> Now it makes Emacs behave more like less on these files.

That's an incompatible behavior change.  Is that justified?  How can
we be sure that everyone agrees with your interpretation of this mode?

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