(ffap-menu-rescan): Use inhibit-read-only instead of binding

buffer-read-only to nil.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index de11de64de4..304628cef5c 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-11-19  Ryan Yeske  <rcyeske@gmail.com>
+
+        * ffap.el (ffap-menu-rescan): Use inhibit-read-only instead of
+        binding buffer-read-only to nil.
+
 2005-11-19  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * complete.el (partial-completion-mode): Mention
diff --git a/lisp/ffap.el b/lisp/ffap.el
index 6eb598d434d..ff35ae0deac 100644
--- a/lisp/ffap.el
+++ b/lisp/ffap.el
@@ -1519,7 +1519,9 @@ Applies `ffap-menu-text-plist' text properties at all matches."
   (let ((ffap-next-regexp (or ffap-menu-regexp ffap-next-regexp))
         (range (- (point-max) (point-min)))
         (mod (buffer-modified-p))       ; was buffer modified?
-        buffer-read-only                ; to set text-properties
+        ;; inhibit-read-only works on read-only text properties
+        ;; as well as read-only buffers.
+        (inhibit-read-only t)           ; to set text-properties
         item
         ;; Avoid repeated searches of the *mode-alist:
         (major-mode (if (assq major-mode ffap-string-at-point-mode-alist)