Re: return value of find_file()

[Joerg Sommer <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

begin  Tom Culliton <culliton@xxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 11:40:37 +0000 (UTC) Joerg Sommer <joerg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> But I still have wish: find_file() shouldn't open a buffer for a file,
>> that isn't readable like /bin or /etc/shadow.
> 
> But sometime you just want to look at a file for reference.  What you're

But, this files aren't readable. Please call find_file("/bin")!

> suggesting would cripple the editor.  Haven't you ever found yourself
> opening read-only files like /usr/include/time.h to lookup the fields in

Yes, I does so, but /bin isn't a file and /etc/shadow is _non_ readable.
You can't look into it and you can't save a file with the same name. So,
why open a buffer associated with such a file?

Joerg.

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