Re: in dired hit v on a .zip archive

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Dan Jacobson wrote:
 > In dired hit v on a .zip archive.
 > Now both view mode and zip-archive mode are in effect.
 > I say only zip-archive mode should be now in effect, just as if we hit RET.

I say Emacs is behaving correctly and as documented:

| v runs the command dired-view-file
|    which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `dired'.
| (dired-view-file)
|
| In dired, examine a file in view mode, returning to dired when done.

 > Just as when we hit v on a subdirectory, are we put into view mode?
 > No, we are put into dired mode.

But we _should_ be put in View mode.  Here's a patch:

*** emacs-21.3/lisp/dired.el.orig	Fri Feb  7 04:48:13 2003
--- emacs-21.3/lisp/dired.el	Fri Apr  9 09:53:54 2004
***************
*** 1396,1402 ****
     (if (file-directory-p (dired-get-filename))
         (or (and (cdr dired-subdir-alist)
   	       (dired-goto-subdir (dired-get-filename)))
! 	  (dired (dired-get-filename)))
       (view-file (dired-get-filename))))

   (defun dired-find-file-other-window ()
--- 1396,1403 ----
     (if (file-directory-p (dired-get-filename))
         (or (and (cdr dired-subdir-alist)
   	       (dired-goto-subdir (dired-get-filename)))
!           (let ((find-file-run-dired t))
!             (view-file (dired-get-filename))))
       (view-file (dired-get-filename))))

   (defun dired-find-file-other-window ()


-- 
Kevin Rodgers