Function: dired-toggle-read-only

dired-toggle-read-only is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in dired.el.gz.

Signature

(dired-toggle-read-only)

Documentation

Edit Dired buffer with Wdired, or make it read-only.

If the current buffer can be edited with Wdired, (i.e. the major mode is dired-mode), call wdired-change-to-wdired-mode. Otherwise, toggle read-only-mode.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired.el.gz
(defun dired-toggle-read-only ()
  "Edit Dired buffer with Wdired, or make it read-only.
If the current buffer can be edited with Wdired, (i.e. the major
mode is `dired-mode'), call `wdired-change-to-wdired-mode'.
Otherwise, toggle `read-only-mode'."
  (interactive)
  (unless (file-exists-p default-directory)
    (user-error "The current directory no longer exists"))
  (when (and (not (file-writable-p default-directory))
             (not (y-or-n-p
                   "Directory isn't writable; edit anyway? ")))
    (user-error "Directory %s isn't writable" default-directory))
  (if (derived-mode-p 'dired-mode)
      (wdired-change-to-wdired-mode)
    (read-only-mode 'toggle)))