From 85b4b2b788dc04f66246d9a7653370a1e81390c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: niten94 <rain.ma41@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:30:07 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Disable sudo save prompt on Windows

Display message stating that saving with sudo is unsupported on Windows,
immediately without a prompt when permission is denied.
---
 internal/action/actions.go | 5 +++++
 internal/buffer/save.go    | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/internal/action/actions.go b/internal/action/actions.go
index be2c1c05..b0867da9 100644
--- a/internal/action/actions.go
+++ b/internal/action/actions.go
@@ -1038,6 +1038,11 @@ func (h *BufPane) saveBufToFile(filename string, action string, callback func())
 	err := h.Buf.SaveAs(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, fs.ErrPermission) {
+			if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+				InfoBar.Error("Permission denied. Save with sudo not supported on Windows")
+				return true
+			}
+
 			saveWithSudo := func() {
 				err = h.Buf.SaveAsWithSudo(filename)
 				if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/buffer/save.go b/internal/buffer/save.go
index f0fc6e53..85fa5ed5 100644
--- a/internal/buffer/save.go
+++ b/internal/buffer/save.go
@@ -246,9 +246,6 @@ func (b *Buffer) saveToFile(filename string, withSudo bool, autoSave bool) error
 	if b.Type.Scratch {
 		return errors.New("Cannot save scratch buffer")
 	}
-	if withSudo && runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		return errors.New("Save with sudo not supported on Windows")
-	}
 
 	if !autoSave && b.Settings["rmtrailingws"].(bool) {
 		for i, l := range b.lines {