# HG changeset patch # User Luc Teirlinck # Date 1094178971 0 # Node ID 36c1c98acd4b73d188f6f60027f5e362938c427d # Parent 621733a9d27b67dd8c1afbe509d74469d680a2bc (Killing): Correct description of kill commands in read-only buffer. diff -r 621733a9d27b -r 36c1c98acd4b man/killing.texi --- a/man/killing.texi Thu Sep 02 23:26:16 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/killing.texi Fri Sep 03 02:36:11 2004 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,97,00,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,97,2000,2001,2004 +@c Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @iftex @chapter Killing and Moving Text @@ -49,11 +50,12 @@ You cannot kill read-only text, since such text does not allow any kind of modification. But some users like to use the kill commands to copy read-only text into the kill ring, without actually changing it. -If you set the variable @code{kill-read-only-ok} to a non-@code{nil} -value, the kill commands work specially in a read-only buffer: they -move over text, and copy it to the kill ring, without actually -deleting it from the buffer. When this happens, a message in the echo -area tells you what is happening. +Therefore, the kill commands work specially in a read-only buffer: +they move over text, and copy it to the kill ring, without actually +deleting it from the buffer. Normally, Emacs beeps and prints an +error message when this happens. But if you set the variable +@code{kill-read-only-ok} to a non-@code{nil} value, it just prints a +message in the echo area, telling you what is happening. The delete commands include @kbd{C-d} (@code{delete-char}) and @key{DEL} (@code{delete-backward-char}), which delete only one