Romain Francoise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Moritz Muehlenhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> If I edit a file that ends in .diff or .patch, the buffer is always >> read-only, even if I switch into "text-mode", I still can't save >> potential changes to the file. I don't see the reason why this should >> be enforced and even if it's intentional, it probably shouldn't be the >> default, as editing patches seems quite reasonable to me. > > Customize `diff-default-read-only' or use C-x C-q to toggle read-only > status of the buffer. > > (Note that the default value of this variable has been changed to nil in > the upcoming Emacs 22.)
Also, since I want the Debian Emacs package to match expected upstream behavior when possible, the emacs21 package should stay as-is. Given that, it's probably appropriate to close this bug. Thanks -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org and @debian.org; previously @cs.utexas.edu GPG starting 2002-11-03 = 14DD 432F AE39 534D B592 F9A0 25C8 D377 8C7E 73A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]