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From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: Manuel Uberti <manuel.uberti@inventati.org>, 20598@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20598: 25.0.50; Dired: re-use buffers
Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2019 21:38:15 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <875zl0xxq0.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkm=nUq5iahfcZCfpT4+zUeANMdigFTv_FUAXVV5Yaosy_Q@mail.gmail.com> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Mon, 30 Sep 2019 02:05:07 +0200")

>> is there a way to reuse Dired buffers without relying on an external
>> package (in this case: Dired+)?
>>
>> I think it is a handy solution that would make Dired much more pleasant
>> to use.
>
> You could use the dired-find-alternate-file command, bound by default
> to "a".  You can find more information here:
> https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DiredReuseDirectoryBuffer
>
> However, "a" does not take care of "^", so maybe it would also be good
> to add a new option to always reuse the current dired buffer?

This is the same as typing "a" on the Dired line with ".."
(although less convenient).





  reply	other threads:[~2019-10-07 18:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-05-17  9:28 bug#20598: 25.0.50; Dired: re-use buffers Manuel Uberti
2019-09-30  0:05 ` Stefan Kangas
2019-10-07 18:38   ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2021-07-08 14:54   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-13 17:50     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-07-14  5:33       ` Manuel Uberti

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