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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/comint.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/comint.el | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/comint.el b/lisp/comint.el index c92d0a10ad3..2ae5e049023 100644 --- a/lisp/comint.el +++ b/lisp/comint.el @@ -3109,8 +3109,8 @@ When redirection is completed, the process filter is restored to this value.") (defvar comint-redirect-subvert-readonly nil - "Non-nil means comint-redirect can insert into otherwise-readonly buffers. -The readonly status is toggled around insertion. + "Non-nil means `comint-redirect' can insert into read-only buffers. +This works by binding `inhibit-read-only' around the insertion. This is useful, for instance, for insertion into Help mode buffers. You probably want to set it locally to the output buffer.") |