From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 06:09:11 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Misc Buffer): Document kill-read-only-ok. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.90~2340 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a9fff30638e17919a0457ea276f1c6d430ddd50c;p=emacs.git (Misc Buffer): Document kill-read-only-ok. --- diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index ac648e1d552..00b07f23420 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +2000-08-13 Eli Zaretskii + + * killing.texi (Killing): Document kill-read-only-ok. + + * buffers.texi (Misc Buffer): Likewise + +2000-08-11 Eli Zaretskii + + * widget.texi (Top): Add Index in the menu. + (many nodes): Add index entries. + (Index): New node. + 2000-08-08 Gerd Moellmann * faq.texi (Disabling backups): Replace reference to diff --git a/man/buffers.texi b/man/buffers.texi index e73b9fc8d93..f38eba47431 100644 --- a/man/buffers.texi +++ b/man/buffers.texi @@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ its contents are not allowed. The mode line indicates read-only buffers with @samp{%%} or @samp{%*} near the left margin. Read-only buffers are usually made by subsystems such as Dired and Rmail that have special commands to operate on the text; also by visiting a file whose access -control says you cannot write it. +control says you cannot write it. However, if the variable +@code{kill-read-only-ok} is set to a non-@code{nil} value, you can kill +(a.k.a.@: cut) read-only text, see @ref{Killing}. If you wish to make changes in a read-only buffer, use the command @kbd{C-x C-q} (@code{vc-toggle-read-only}). It makes a read-only buffer