GNU bug report logs - #58286
29.0.50; (dired-toggle-read-only) should verify if file names changed

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2022 07:53:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 29.0.50

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 58286 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 58286 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58286: 29.0.50; (dired-toggle-read-only) should verify if
 file names changed
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:47:48 +0200

Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support> writes:

> I have noticed that C-x C-q does not verify if file names changed.
>
> If file name was:
>
> my-file.ext.part
>
> once C-x C-q is invoked, it does not refresh buffer. In my opinion it
> shall refresh buffer or warn that file name does not exist any more, if
> it does not, so that editing of file names makes sense.

I don't understand what you mean here -- editing file names in wdired
works fine for me.

Do you have a step-by-step recipe, starting from "emacs -Q", that
demonstrates the problem?
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