Re: dired-do-rename on "." and ".."

[Richard Stallman]

I changed the patch somewhat.


*** dired.el.~1.259.~   Sun May  4 16:22:41 2003
--- dired.el    Tue Jun  3 12:25:20 2003
***************
*** 1350,1356 ****
  (defun dired-get-file-for-visit ()
    "Get the current line's file name, with an error if file does not exist."
    (interactive)
!   (let ((file-name (file-name-sans-versions (dired-get-filename) t)))
      (if (file-exists-p file-name)
        file-name
        (if (file-symlink-p file-name)
--- 1350,1360 ----
  (defun dired-get-file-for-visit ()
    "Get the current line's file name, with an error if file does not exist."
    (interactive)
!   (let ((raw (dired-get-filename nil t))
!       file-name)
!     (if (null raw)
!       (error "No file on this line"))
!     (setq file-name (file-name-sans-versions raw t))
      (if (file-exists-p file-name)
        file-name
        (if (file-symlink-p file-name)
***************
*** 1482,1487 ****
--- 1486,1496 ----
      (cond
       ((null file)
        nil)
+      ((and (not no-error-if-not-filep)
+          (save-excursion
+            (beginning-of-line)
+            (looking-at dired-re-dir)))
+       (error "Cannot operate on `.' or `..'"))
       ((eq localp 'verbatim)
        file)
       ((and (eq localp 'no-dir) already-absolute)
***************
*** 2658,2665 ****
                 (re-search-forward dired-re-mark nil t)
               (search-forward string nil t))
        (if (or (not arg)
!               (dired-query 'query "Unmark file `%s'? "
!                            (dired-get-filename t)))
            (progn (subst-char-in-region (1- (point)) (point)
                                         (preceding-char) ?\ )
                   (setq count (1+ count)))))
--- 2667,2676 ----
                 (re-search-forward dired-re-mark nil t)
               (search-forward string nil t))
        (if (or (not arg)
!               (let ((file (dired-get-filename t t)))
!                 (and file
!                      (dired-query 'query "Unmark file `%s'? "
!                                   file))))
            (progn (subst-char-in-region (1- (point)) (point)
                                         (preceding-char) ?\ )
                   (setq count (1+ count)))))