RE: [ jEdit-users ] Anyone else want to be able to edit read-only buffers?

[Paul P. <pa...@th...>]

I'd like it - however I'd prefer that it be something I can set on or
off on a buffer by buffer basis.  Like with some editors, double
clicking the read-only indicator makes the buffer read-write...

-----Original Message-----
From: jed...@li...
[mailto:jed...@li...] On Behalf Of Andrew
Houghton
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 8:32 PM
To: jed...@li...
Subject: [ jEdit-users ] Anyone else want to be able to edit read-only
buffers?

Slava asked that I post this to see if anyone else could use this 
functionality..

Basically, I'd like a setting of some sort to allow me to edit buffers 
that are backed by read-only files.  In this particular case, I was 
trying to use the AStyle Beautifier plugin on some really horrendously 
formatted code, but I couldn't -- the file was read-only, and I'd rather

not have to mark a file as writeable simply because I want to play 
around in the buffer.

I'd expect jEdit to give me an error if I tried saving such a file.  But

I don't think it should complain (beyond possibly letting me know via a 
status line message) if I want to muck around in something that I can't 
save as-is.

Along the same lines, if I *do* edit a read-only buffer, and then decide

to keep it, I should be able to do a 'Save As' to write it out.

This change would make jEdit act more like vi and emacs on this front.. 
which can occasionally be a good thing. :)

Anyway -- if anyone else would find this useful, post a reply.

- Andrew


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