Re: Inhibiting read-only

[Jambunathan K]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> writes:

> Jambunathan K <address@hidden> writes:
>
>>   (add-text-properties (point) (point-max) '(read-only t))
>
> I do not want to put the `read-only' text property on the rest of the
> text, because that makes copying/yanking the text really annoying.

So `read-only' is discarded while yanking. (See `yank-excluded-properties') .

But when you are yanking a (... 'read-only 'read-only) text in the
middle of an (... 'read-only 'editable) field, I see that the 'read-only
property is removed altogether on the newly yanked portion.  (I am
wondering) Shouldn't the yanked text should inherit the read-only
property of the surrounding text and thus get the ('read-only 'editable)
value.