Re: [bug] error on RET in read-only buffer with org-return-follows-link set to t

[Kévin Le Gouguec]

Gregor Zattler <address@hidden> writes:

> Dear Kévin, org-mode developers, 
>
> with `org-return-follows-link` set to `t` in a read-only
> buffer I now get a `Buffer is read-only: #<buffer
> notmuch-startpage.org>` error when pressing ENTER/RETURN
> with point on an org-mode link.

Oh, right, I added '*' to org-return's interactive spec because I was
mimicking newline's; I had not considered the link-following case.

Should be a simple matter of removing this '*' if I'm not mistaken:

diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index be1d1c701..339418314 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -17702,7 +17702,7 @@ a timestamp or a link, call `org-open-at-point'.  
However, it
 will not happen if point is in a table or on a \"dead\"
 object (e.g., within a comment).  In these case, you need to use
 `org-open-at-point' directly."
-  (interactive "*i\nP\np")
+  (interactive "i\nP\np")
   (let ((context (if org-return-follows-link (org-element-context)
                   (org-element-at-point))))
     (cond

> I use this dozens of times a day and it would be convenient
> if it was possible to resurrect the old behaviour.

Right, terribly sorry for this blunder.  I'll try to followup with a
unit test to make sure such a regression doesn't creep in again.