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-rw-r--r--tag-emacs/emacs.d/init.el5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tag-emacs/emacs.d/init.el b/tag-emacs/emacs.d/init.el
index b7a16ae9..c1b2c412 100644
--- a/tag-emacs/emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/tag-emacs/emacs.d/init.el
@@ -607,6 +607,11 @@
                   ido-enable-flex-matching t)
 
             (ido-init-completion-maps)
+            (defadvice ido-find-file (after find-file-sudo activate)
+              "Find file as root if necessary."
+              (unless (and buffer-file-name
+                           (file-writable-p buffer-file-name))
+                (find-alternate-file (concat "/sudo::" buffer-file-name))))
             (defun ido-manual-merge ()
               (interactive)
               (ido-initiate-auto-merge (current-buffer)))