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diff-mode mishandles diff-default-read-only |
Date: |
Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:47:29 +0000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) |
In addition to making the -*- Diff -*- buffers read-only when
diff-default-read-only is non-nil, diff-mode also makes such
buffers /writable/ when diff-default-read-only is nil, while per
the documentation, I’d expect for diff-mode to have no effect on
buffer-read-only in this latter case.
Please consider the patch below, which seems to fix the issue.
--- diff-mode.el.~1~
+++ diff-mode.el 2013-11-20 19:42:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1366,7 +1366,8 @@ (define-derived-mode diff-mode fundamental-mode "Diff"
(diff-setup-whitespace)
- (setq buffer-read-only diff-default-read-only)
+ (when diff-default-read-only
+ (setq buffer-read-only t))
;; setup change hooks
(if (not diff-update-on-the-fly)
(add-hook 'write-contents-functions 'diff-write-contents-hooks nil t)
--
FSF associate member #7257
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Re: bug#15938: diff-mode mishandles diff-default-read-only |
Date: |
Fri, 22 Nov 2013 21:57:03 -0500 |
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Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) |
Version: 24.4
Thanks; applied.
(BTW, we'd probably need a copyright assignment to accept anything more
than 2-3 lines more from you in future. So maybe think about starting
that process if you expect to contribute more.)
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