Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on Mon, 09 May 2005 16:48:34 -0400: >> No that's not the problem. If I open a file like <file>.patch or >> <file>.diff emacs opens it read-only (OK, I can rename the file, e.g. >> just to <file>, then the problem no longer persists).
> Yes, it was a stupid idea of mine. See diff-default-read-only, which in > Emacs-CVS has been set to nil. Sorry 'bout it, Not half as stupid as _not_ writing diff-mode would have been. ;-) It's got to be one of my all-time favourite modes. Doing a recursive diff on two versions of a source tree (~2270 source files in each :-(), then bringing the output up in diff-mode IMPRESSES onlookers. Thanks, Stefan! -- Alan Mackenzie (Munich, Germany) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; to decode, wherever there is a repeated letter (like "aa"), remove half of them (leaving, say, "a"). _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs