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

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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: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Thierry Volpiatto <thierry.volpiatto <at> gmail.com>, 18632 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18632: 24.3.94; image-dired fail when `image-dired-dir' doesn't exist
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 18:37:45 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> How about recreating the missing directory in this case, after asking
>> for user's permission?
>
> Yes, that would be a good solution.  I actually had something like
> that in mind when I wrote my original message, but I see now that I
> never spelled it out.  Thanks for pointing it out.

I'm not familiar with image-dired at all, but the original patch did
create the missing directory.  But what it didn't do was recreating the
thumbnails -- but can that be done in a sensible fashion?

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