From 98e8022fd0cf7d7d7574fb90cbbe4b0fed4e64c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dalthviz <d.althviz10@uniandes.edu.co>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 13:12:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Adds handling for IndexError.

---
 spyder/widgets/editor.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spyder/widgets/editor.py b/spyder/widgets/editor.py
index a6266bc1bf8..8651d06f30d 100644
--- a/spyder/widgets/editor.py
+++ b/spyder/widgets/editor.py
@@ -1703,8 +1703,13 @@ def current_changed(self, index):
 
         self.update_plugin_title.emit()
         if editor is not None:
-            self.current_file_changed.emit(self.data[index].filename,
+            # Needed in order to handle the close of files open in a directory
+            # that has been renamed. See issue 5157
+            try:
+                self.current_file_changed.emit(self.data[index].filename,
                                            editor.get_position('cursor'))
+            except IndexError:
+                pass
 
     def _get_previous_file_index(self):
         if len(self.stack_history) > 1: