[Gllug] vi vs emacs (repeat)

[Benedikt Heinen]

>> // :/wq is the only vi command I know, or have ever needed to know.
>
> Thats a bit like me. Unfortunately I don't know much more about emacs, 
> although I do use emacs.
> The vi command I do know is :wq! which writes to a write protected file. If I 
> knew how to do this in emacs I wouldn't need to exit emacs and load vi to 
> achieve this feat.

When you load the write-protected file, emacs doesn't let you change it. 
What you can do is just use
 	M-x toggle-read-only
and then edit the file. When you want to save the file, emacs will ask you 
whether you want to override the write-protection...



   Benedikt

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