From 8f980b27dec47e36edffc0c485d8f9c117f7b793 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20Spiegel?= Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:59:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Let C-x C-q refer to toggle-read-only, not vc-toggle-read-only. --- man/buffers.texi | 17 ++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/buffers.texi b/man/buffers.texi index 03fef48f1af..8630a17bf95 100644 --- a/man/buffers.texi +++ b/man/buffers.texi @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ unless they visit files: such buffers are used internally by Emacs. @table @kbd @item C-x C-q -Toggle read-only status of buffer (@code{vc-toggle-read-only}). +Toggle read-only status of buffer (@code{toggle-read-only}). @item M-x rename-buffer @key{RET} @var{name} @key{RET} Change the name of the current buffer. @item M-x rename-uniquely @@ -191,9 +191,6 @@ Scroll through buffer @var{buffer}. @end table @kindex C-x C-q -@c Don't index vc-toggle-read-only here, it is indexed in files.texi, -@c in the node "Basic VC Editing". -@c @findex vc-toggle-read-only @vindex buffer-read-only @cindex read-only buffer A buffer can be @dfn{read-only}, which means that commands to change @@ -203,14 +200,16 @@ 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. +@findex toggle-read-only 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 -writable, and makes a writable buffer read-only. In most cases, this +@kbd{C-x C-q} (@code{toggle-read-only}). It makes a read-only buffer +writable, and makes a writable buffer read-only. This works by setting the variable @code{buffer-read-only}, which has a local value in each buffer and makes the buffer read-only if its value is -non-@code{nil}. If the file is maintained with version control, -@kbd{C-x C-q} works through the version control system to change the -read-only status of the file as well as the buffer. @xref{Version +non-@code{nil}. If you have files under version control, you may find +it convenient to bind @kbd{C-x C-q} to @code{vc-toggle-read-only} +instead. Then, typing @kbd{C-x C-q} not only changes the read-only +flag, but it also checks the file in or out. @xref{Version Control}. @findex rename-buffer -- 2.39.2