bug#10419: 23.3; byte-compile-file: Buffer is read-only: #<buffer *Compiler Input*>

[Glenn Morris]

Version: 24.0.93

Michael Heerdegen wrote:

> Background: I have a large Emacs init file.  Because I often want to
> have a look at function definitions in this file, I added a file local
> variable binding of `buffer-read-only' to t.  This way, e.g. links
> from *Help* always open it read only.  I have to explicitly toggle the
> read-only flag if I want to modify the file.  This works well.

I don't know why you don't just make the file read-only on disk.
Anyway, I made the compiler input buffer ignore any file setting of
buffer-read-only.