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27.0.50; dired-toggle-read-only should (at some point!) check that the direcory is writeable

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From: Robert Marshall <robert <at> capuchin.co.uk>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 29412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Subject: bug#29412: 27.0.50; dired-toggle-read-only should (at some point!) check that the direcory is writeable
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2020 19:04:02 +0000

On Sun, Dec 13 2020, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:

> Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net> writes:
>
>> OTOH, displaying a warning might go unnoticed by the user.
>>
>> Then maybe better would be to ask a y-or-n question
>> whether the user still wants to edit the unwritable buffer.
>
> Makes sense.  I've now done this change.

I'm in agreement with this! (as original bug submitter - you'll get
bounces from my robert.marshall <at> codethink.co.uk address as I'm now
retired ;) )

Robert
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Robert Marshall               twitter: @rajm

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