Edit but Not Save Read Only Files?

[Tony Balinski]

Quoting Michael Will <michael.will at l-3com.com>:

> Is there a way to edit (i.e. make changes to, not merely open) read only
> files? Obviously Save would be disabled, but Save As... would work, or
> quit/close.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike

No. The workaround is usually something like Ctrl-A Ctrl-C Ctrl-N Ctrl-V
Ctrl-W (select-all, copy, new-file, paste, close-window) which opens up a Save
As... dialog for the "Untitled" window you're closing. I like not being
allowed to modify read-only files. Its irritation is enough to warn me that
the file won't be saveable directly. I therefore decide early (when I start
modifying) where the new file should be stored, rather than when I'm shutting
nedit down.

You would argue the other way, I gather. Or add a preference to allow
modification of documents that come from read-only files.

Tony