From 867357fb211e8b4a18555026d65f4e266d4f2470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 19:50:56 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify read-only visiting commands. --- man/files.texi | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi index 2782e5d067..347c3a11c1 100644 --- a/man/files.texi +++ b/man/files.texi @@ -273,16 +273,16 @@ characters. You can disable the wildcard feature by customizing @code{find-file-wildcards}. If you visit a file that the operating system won't let you modify, -Emacs makes the buffer read-only, so that you won't go ahead and make -changes that you'll have trouble saving afterward. You can make the -buffer writable with @kbd{C-x C-q} (@code{vc-toggle-read-only}). -@xref{Misc Buffer}. +or that is marked read-only, Emacs makes the buffer read-only too, so +that you won't go ahead and make changes that you'll have trouble +saving afterward. You can make the buffer writable with @kbd{C-x C-q} +(@code{vc-toggle-read-only}). @xref{Misc Buffer}. @kindex C-x C-r @findex find-file-read-only - Occasionally you might want to visit a file as read-only in order to -protect yourself from entering changes accidentally; do so by visiting -the file with the command @kbd{C-x C-r} (@code{find-file-read-only}). + If you want to visit a file as read-only in order to protect +yourself from entering changes accidentally, visit it with the command +@kbd{C-x C-r} (@code{find-file-read-only}) instead of @kbd{C-x C-f}. @kindex C-x C-v @findex find-alternate-file -- 2.39.2