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bug#50431: revert-buffer doesn't preserve read-onlyness


From: Juri Linkov
Subject: bug#50431: revert-buffer doesn't preserve read-onlyness
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 20:12:50 +0300
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)

>> I don't know at what moment this regression occurred,
>> but now M-x revert-buffer in a read-only file buffer
>> doesn't keep it read-only.
>
> I've now fixed this in Emacs 29 -- `C-x C-q' records what the user
> actually did, so we can restore that state.
>
> If the user hasn't used that command, then reverting works as before --
> it uses the permission bits on the file and updates the readedness
> state.
>
> I considered only heeding the user-set readedness state if it was
> different from the default one -- that is, if the user used the `C-x
> C-q' command twice, then readedness state would not be preserved by
> reverting, but I think that's too subtle.

I confirm that now the read-only status is restored,
but reverting loses view-mode:

  C-h C-t  -- note "View" on the mode-line;
  C-x x g  -- "View" is lost.





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