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authorJan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>2004-11-02 07:57:53 +0000
committerJan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>2004-11-02 07:57:53 +0000
commit46bfc73bed2e2b6b3cdfff43f82c6705fb89355c (patch)
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downloademacs-46bfc73bed2e2b6b3cdfff43f82c6705fb89355c.tar.gz
* files.el (find-file-existing): New function.
* menu-bar.el (menu-bar-files-menu): Make "Open File..." call find-file-existing. Add "New File..." that calls find-file. * dired.el (dired-read-dir-and-switches): Call read-driectory-name instead of read-file-name.
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@@ -977,6 +977,14 @@ expand wildcards (if any) and visit multiple files."
(mapcar 'switch-to-buffer (cdr value)))
(switch-to-buffer-other-frame value))))
+(defun find-file-existing (filename &optional wildcards)
+ "Edit the existing file FILENAME.
+Like \\[find-file] but only allow files that exists."
+ (interactive (find-file-read-args "Find existing file: " t))
+ (unless (file-exists-p filename) (error "%s does not exist" filename))
+ (find-file filename wildcards)
+ (current-buffer))
+
(defun find-file-read-only (filename &optional wildcards)
"Edit file FILENAME but don't allow changes.
Like \\[find-file] but marks buffer as read-only.