Comment 3 for bug 811118

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Wayne Stambaugh (stambaughw) wrote : Re: [Bug 811118] Re: [ubuntu] crashes if run without root permission

On 8/11/2011 10:51 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
>> In any event, all of the Kicad applications should warn you
>> when you don't have write access to a file rather than allowing you to
>> edit the file.
>
> Good idea, flag the loaded data model as read only at time of load, if any of
> the loaded file(s?) are read only. If user does "Save As" to another name
> successfully, unflag it, otherwise don't let him edit?
>
I'll assign this bug to myself and fix the library editor first which
specifically addresses this bug report. I'll chip away at the rest of the
Kicad apps over the next few weeks.