Emacs is sensitive to RCS and will open a file read only if you don't have a lock on it. Other than that, I don't know what might be causing your problem. Mike > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Joshua b. Jore > Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 1:53 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: RE: [TCLUG] Emacs and editing read-only configuration files > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I've wondered about this. Occasionally some files will show up as > 'read-only' in Emacs even when I have permissions to the file. Why does > this happen? > > <snippy>I recently figured out that M-x toggle-read-only exists by > browsing the info pages. What a poor excuse for documentation. Yes, it's > free. It's also darn hard to find the relevant docs.</snippy> > > Joshua b. Jore > Minneapolis Ward 3, precinct 10 > http://www.greentechnologist.org