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Re: A problem with read-only in emacs
From: |
Tim X |
Subject: |
Re: A problem with read-only in emacs |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 14:33:36 +1000 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
"D. Power" <powerd@pcisys.net.invalid> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I hope someone can help me with this little problem. It seems that I
> (or the keyboard-walking kitten) have somehow changed the settings in
> emacs (21.2.1) so that new files are created as read-only, so I have to
> chmod any new file before I can edit it. What have I (or the kitten)
> done, and how can I undo it?
Maybe set-defa8ult-file-modes will help.
,----[ C-h f set-default-file-modes RET ]
| set-default-file-modes is a built-in function in `C source code'.
|
| (set-default-file-modes mode)
|
| Set the file permission bits for newly created files.
| The argument mode should be an integer; only the low 9 bits are used.
| This setting is inherited by subprocesses.
|
| [back]
`----
regards,
Tim
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