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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2022-04-27 16:09:38 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2022-04-27 16:09:38 +0200
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Give better error message in dired-toggle-read-only on nonexisting dirs
* lisp/dired.el (dired-toggle-read-only): Refuse to edit non-existent directories (bug#23276).
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diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index 2856c5d2435..89fbd52aa62 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -2533,6 +2533,8 @@ If the current buffer can be edited with Wdired, (i.e. the major
mode is `dired-mode'), call `wdired-change-to-wdired-mode'.
Otherwise, toggle `read-only-mode'."
(interactive)
+ (unless (file-exists-p default-directory)
+ (user-error "The current directory no longer exists"))
(when (and (not (file-writable-p default-directory))
(not (y-or-n-p
"Directory isn't writable; edit anyway? ")))