display only editor pane

Is there a supported model for a display only editor pane?  I want to  
change the text with code but not allow the user to modify it. Prior  
to 5.1, I could just call editor:buffer-writable when the interface  
was created and then use #'(setf editor-pane-text) to modify it. With  
LispWorks 5.1, I get an error that the buffer is read-only.


John DeSoi, Ph.D.

Re: display only editor pane

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Re: display only editor pane

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 09:57:22PM -0400, John DeSoi wrote:
> Is there a supported model for a display only editor pane?  I want
> to  change the text with code but not allow the user to modify it.
> Prior  to 5.1, I could just call editor:buffer-writable when the
> interface  was created and then use #'(setf editor-pane-text) to
> modify it. With  LispWorks 5.1, I get an error that the buffer is
> read-only.

Can you wrap

  (editor:process-character
    (lambda (p) (declare (ignore p))
      (setf (editor:buffer-writable your-buffer-var) t))
    your-window-var)
  #| ... |#
  (editor:process-character
    (lambda (p) (declare (ignore p))
      (setf (editor:buffer-writable your-buffer-var) nil))
    your-window-var)

around your change?  Or did you consider that and were just hoping for
something more elegant?

-- L