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authorRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2002-07-07 19:50:56 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <[email protected]>2002-07-07 19:50:56 +0000
commit867357fb211e8b4a18555026d65f4e266d4f2470 (patch)
treec20a3730a818487069193d2839ec1e99f586cdf1 /man
parent2b6bb1f2039cd389ec91fca88654a19b4d505d62 (diff)
Clarify read-only visiting commands.
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diff --git a/man/files.texi b/man/files.texi
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--- a/man/files.texi
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@@ -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