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Re: [h-e-w] Help Buffer is Read Only


From: Jonathan Epstein
Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Help Buffer is Read Only
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 15:00:15 -0500

Scott,

Is there perhaps a CVS directory contained within the directory where the file 
is located?  I was in a similar situation a few years ago, and received the 
following helpful response on this list:

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At 10:51 PM 2/15/00 , Richard M. Heiberger wrote:
>I think cvs is the answer to your situation.  It doesn't sound like an
>emacs bug, but rather like correct emacs behavior.
>
>If you are editing a file in a directory that has a CVS subdirectory,
>then C-x C-q behaves differently.  C-x C-q is bound to
>vc-toggle-read-only.  If emacs thinks you are not in version control
>then it toggles the read-only.  If it thinks you are under version
>control---and the existence of a CVS subdirectory is how it
>decides---then it does version control magic instead of a simple
>toggle.  I don't have CVS active and I do have several directories
>with CVS subdirectories.  When I tried to toggle-read-only one of the
>files in that directory I also got the message
>    Searching for program: no such file or directory, cvs
>
>Then I killed the buffer, renamed the CVS directory to tmp, and found
>the file again.  This time I could toggle it's read-only status.  I
>renamed the tmp directory back to CVS, killed and found the file
>again, and now I could not toggle read-only.

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Good luck,

Jonathan

At 01:33 PM 11/25/2002 -0600, Scott Purcell wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am a Emacs user on win 2000. I have somehow done something that is causing a 
>certain file to be read only in the buffer. I have killed the file, replaced 
>the file many times, but it keeps telling me I cannot edit it. Could someone 
>help. I am on a deadline and I am losing quite a bit of time.
>
>Also, If it is not too much of a bother, I was trying to get the options, 
>Global font locking, and transient to be turned on each time I start up. I was 
>jacking with that area when I got this locking problem. Is is simple to turn 
>on those two options? I have searched google for the past hour, and I am 
>gaining no ground.
>
>Thanks,
>Scott






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