GNU bug report logs - #18632
24.3.94; image-dired fail when `image-dired-dir' doesn't exist

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 13:33:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed

Found in versions 27.0.50, 24.3.94

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 18632 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#18632: 24.3.94; image-dired fail when `image-dired-dir' doesn't exist
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:31:08 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 00:32:52 +0200
> Cc: 18632 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I can reproduce this on current master.  The problem happens when the
> user removes the image-dired-dir directory (normally
> ~/.emacs.d/image-dired).
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> 
> 0. emacs -Q
> 1. C-x C-f ~/my-image-dir
> 2. (in shell) rm -rf ~/.emacs.d/image-dired/  # value of (image-dired-dir)
> 3. (in emacs): RET
> 
> Now I see the error message "Unable to resize".

How about recreating the missing directory in this case, after asking
for user's permission?
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