Hi Bastien, > > There are lots of menu items in the Org menu-bar menus (Org, Tbl, > > Text) that modify the buffer but are not disabled when the buffer is > > read-only. They should be - they are no-ops in this context. > > > > This is all the more important because there are still plenty of > > menu items for commands that are useful in a read-only buffer. > > Disabling the others makes those that are available more obvious > > and easier to select. > > Do you often turn read-only on on Org buffers? > In what circumstances would users turn read-only on in Org buffers?
Fair enough. The background/context: 1. I don't use Org. Sorry to say that. I've read the manual cover to cover, I am interested in Org mode, and I've heard only good things about it, but so far I have not found much use for it wrt what I do. I use Emacs mainly for playing with customizing it etc. I imagine I would try doing the same with Org, if I had more time. I hardly have enough time to keep up with bug fixes of my existing code and updates required for it by changes to Emacs. ;-) 2. I was made aware of this Org menus bug only by accident. A Bookmark+ user asked that the bookmark annotation buffer be optionally in Org mode by default. I added that feature. He then asked for Org mode also when an annotation is just displayed, i.e., not for editing. I added that feature too - the buffer is (optionally) in Org mode, so you can navigate, show/hide, etc., but it is made read-only. That's when I took a look at the menus, to see what kinds of operations would be available for a read-only Org buffer. And I noticed that there are lots of menu items that clearly do not make sense for read-only. I filed this bug. I think that if this bug is fixed it will quickly let users know which operations are useful in this context, and which operations do not modify the buffer. > I understand the suggestion, I'm trying to see if this is important > or not. Thanks in advance for your feedback. Your call. It doesn't matter to me, personally. I'm thinking only of Org users - what might help them. And you obviously are a better judge of that. Feel free to close the bug, if you don't think it needs or is worth fixing. Regards - Drew
