Re: Turning a buffer into read-only

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

Peter Bengtsson <mail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I sometimes split the screen into two buffers. One which I'm "copying"
> from and one that I'm editing.
> To prevent from getting myself confused I often change the mode of the
> one I'm reading from but is there a command to make it read-only to
> prevent me from accidentally editing something without noticing it.

Use the `toggle_readonly' function.  This is bound to "Ctrl-X Ctrl-Q"
in the emacs keymap, and "Ctrl-X t" in the jed (native) keymap.  It is
also available in the Buffers->Toggle menu.

--John


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