Variable: comint-redirect-subvert-readonly

comint-redirect-subvert-readonly is a variable defined in comint.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Non-nil means comint-redirect can insert into read-only buffers.

This works by binding inhibit-read-only around the insertion. This is useful, for instance, for insertion into Help mode buffers. You probably want to set it locally to the output buffer.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/comint.el.gz
(defvar comint-redirect-subvert-readonly nil
  "Non-nil means `comint-redirect' can insert into read-only buffers.
This works by binding `inhibit-read-only' around the insertion.
This is useful, for instance, for insertion into Help mode buffers.
You probably want to set it locally to the output buffer.")