Re: Read-only file policy and learning from docs

2000-07-21 Thread Lars Gullik Bjønnes
"R. Lahaye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | Wouldn't that be a better option for read-only documents? | Or am I overlooking something? Yes. The "buffer-toggle-read-only" command. Lgb

Re: Read-only file policy and learning from docs

2000-07-21 Thread Jean-Marc Lasgouttes
> "R" == R Lahaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: R> Is this really necessary? I suggest to have a more "liberal" access R> to read-only documents (for example everything you can do with a R> regular document, but skip the auto/emergency saves). You can always use 'buffer-toggle-read-only' to av

Re: Read-only file policy and learning from docs

2000-07-21 Thread R. Lahaye
Am I right that the only problem with editing read-only files are the 'quiet' auto and emergency saves done by LyX? If that's true: Instead of disabling all sorts of edit/ok/apply buttons, one should ONLY block the auto/emergency saves while working with a read-only document. Pop up a window tha

Re: Read-only file policy and learning from docs

2000-07-20 Thread Allan Rae
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Kayvan A. Sylvan wrote: > On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 03:04:42PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote: > > > Currently I have to make a copy of the read-only file to > > my homedir first. Play with it and then delete it again. > > This is not impossible, but a bit silly. > > > > Is this real

Re: Read-only file policy and learning from docs

2000-07-20 Thread Kayvan A. Sylvan
On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 03:04:42PM +0900, R. Lahaye wrote: > Currently I have to make a copy of the read-only file to > my homedir first. Play with it and then delete it again. > This is not impossible, but a bit silly. > > Is this really necessary? I suggest to have a more > "liberal" access to

Read-only file policy and learning from docs

2000-07-20 Thread R. Lahaye
Hello, I've installed LyX in /usr/local/... as root. As a regular user I don't have write permission to the documentation, as it should be on a decent OS. However, LyX disables all editing tools for read-only documents, and this is a nuissance when reading (and inspecting) readonly (documentati