patch 8.2.2856: get readonly error for device that can't be written to Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/50157ef1c2e36d8696e79fd688bdd08312196bc6 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat May 15 23:21:05 2021 +0200 patch 8.2.2856: get readonly error for device that can't be written to Problem: Get readonly error for device that can't be written to. Solution: Check for being able to write first. (closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/8205)

" Invoked with the name "vim.pot" and a list of Vim script names.
" Converts them to a .js file, stripping comments, so that xgettext works.

set shortmess+=A

for name in argv()[1:]
  let jsname = fnamemodify(name, ":t:r") .. ".js"
  exe "%s+" .. jsname .. "+" .. substitute(name, '\\', '/', 'g') .. "+"
endfor

write
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