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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: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Robert Marshall <robert.marshall <at> codethink.co.uk>
Cc: 29412 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29412: 27.0.50; dired-toggle-read-only should (at some point!) check that the direcory is writeable
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 12:33:20 +0100

Robert Marshall <robert.marshall <at> codethink.co.uk> writes:

> mkdir dired-err
> touch dired-err/xx
> chmod 555 dired-err

[...]

> You exit the filename editing mode with an error (not surprising) but
> all your edits are lost. It would be more helpful if either C-x C-q gave
> you a warning

I've now made `C-c C-q' signal an error if the directory isn't writable
in Emacs 28.

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