Re: Read-only warning message

[Memnon Anon]

sdn.gnuem@mailnull.com writes:

> Hello emacs folks, 
>
> This is not a desperate call for urgent help or
> anything -- this is just something that has bugged me for some time.
>
>     When you make a buffer read-only (via C-x C-q toggle-read-only),
> and the file in the buffer is under version control, you get a
> warning message: "File is under version-control; use C-x v v to
> check in/out".
>
>     Anyone have any idea why? What earthly relevance could the file's
> being under version-control have to my toggling the buffer's
> read-only state?

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| commit c97bded566032831e282666899ff847ba58c69a2
| Author: André Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>
| Date:   Tue Jul 16 17:40:37 2002 +0000
| 
|     Bind toggle-read-only to C-x C-q.
|     (toggle-read-only): Display a warning message if the file is under
|     version control.
`----

This message has been there for 9 years; pitty there is no hint in
there.

But I just checked: Using view mode displays no warning. 
If the warning bothers you, you may want to consider using it instead.

Memnon