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bug#43844: 27.1; Mouse-3 avoid "Buffer is read-only" *patch*
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Corwin Brust |
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bug#43844: 27.1; Mouse-3 avoid "Buffer is read-only" *patch* |
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Fri, 29 Jan 2021 09:10:04 -0600 |
Thanks again Lars.
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 11:02 PM Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
>
> Corwin Brust <corwin@bru.st> writes:
>
> > Should it be the users responsibility to set this variable (in some
> > hook? which?) for any buffers that default to read-only?
>
> Yes. Some buffers have read-only text, and killing that text will
> signal an error (by design), whether you kill the text using the mouse
> or with `C-w'. If the user wants to be able to kill the text, then the
> user should set that variable.
Would you recommend packages such as ERC (or dired?) that essentially
create only read-only buffers to set this such that unconfigured
defaults don't lead to a user-error?
>
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Regards,
Corwin