On Tue, Nov 07, 2023 at 12:58:20PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 07 Nov 2023 at 17:03:14 (+0100), Nicolas George wrote: > > John Hasler (12023-11-07): > > > Try to edit one. > > > > Try to edit /dev/zero. > > $ nano /dev/zero > > [ "/dev/zero" is a device file ] > > in white on a red background. I'm not sure what that's meant to demonstrate. Emacs is not that picky: it says "file exists, but cannot be read", which is more or less accurate ;-D Now it says the same about /dev/null or /dev/urandom, but this is a preposterous lie: those /can/ be read! Cheers -- t
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