bug#74637: [PATCH] Make view-read-only behave like view-file

[Björn Bidar]

Andrea Corallo <acorallo@gnu.org> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> From: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar@thaodan.de>
>>> Cc: 74637@debbugs.gnu.org
>>> Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:06:11 +0200
>>> 
>>> >> > That's an incompatible behavior change.  Is that justified?  How can
>>> >> > we be sure that everyone agrees with your interpretation of this mode?
>>> >> 
>>> >> All other view-file like modes behave like this, you view the file and
>>> >> leave the file with q.
>>> >
>>> > That doesn't change the fact that view-mode didn't behave like that,
>>> > until now.
>>> 
>>> View-mode isn't change outside of the specific situation of opening a
>>> file which isn't writable.
>>
>> It's still a significant change.  Killing a buffer is not a minor
>> think, and restoring it is not always easy, or even possible (e.g.,
>> the file could have been deleted in the meantime).
>>
>> My opinion is that if we install this, we need to provide some way of
>> getting the previous behavior back, for those who may want it.
>>
>> Stefan and Andrea, WDYT?
>
> Agree with your position.

If before killing the file there would be a check if it was deleted
is that better? The check would also improve the view-file related
functions.