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authorAndré Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>2002-07-16 17:59:16 +0000
committerAndré Spiegel <spiegel@gnu.org>2002-07-16 17:59:16 +0000
commit7134cd8397e4473190b5681031ab81d6679ad6a5 (patch)
treee37d1073f322692fc8a43a98ffba49ebac197301 /man
parent87ce86f43800c8fecdd8c31bce8ce33209924bda (diff)
downloademacs-7134cd8397e4473190b5681031ab81d6679ad6a5.tar.gz
Let C-x C-q refer to toggle-read-only, not vc-toggle-read-only.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r--man/buffers.texi17
1 files 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