Re: Read only files.

["John E. Davis" <davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Misha Gorodnitzky <misaka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I noticed that when editing a file owned by root that has read-only  
>permissions only, mode 0444, jed doesn't seem to emit a warning or  
>any kind of signal to indicate this. Is there a way to get jed to  
>signal when I'm editing a file like this?

When editing such a file, "%%" should appear on the left part of the
buffer's status line.  Also, any change that you try to make to the
buffer should result in a "Buffer is read only!" error message.  Do
you see either of these indications?

Thanks,
--John

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