diff -r ff4187bfe28d -r 083fc88c9471 src/eric7/QScintilla/Editor.py
--- a/src/eric7/QScintilla/Editor.py Sun Jul 30 14:35:52 2023 +0200
+++ b/src/eric7/QScintilla/Editor.py Sun Jul 30 17:31:07 2023 +0200
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@
if not Utilities.MimeTypes.isTextFile(self.fileName):
raise OSError()
- if self.isLocalFile():
+ if self.isLocalFile() and pathlib.Path(self.fileName).exists():
fileSizeKB = pathlib.Path(self.fileName).stat().st_size // 1024
if fileSizeKB > Preferences.getEditor("RejectFilesize"):
EricMessageBox.warning(
