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From: Unknown <unknown@unknown.invalid>
Subject: Re: list a directory
Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 03:37:36 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40f8a.25472$em1.19925@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: v62nu7mq4ag94d@corp.supernews.com

> ck wrote:
> 
>> I used to type c-x f <return>, then I can view list of file in
>> current directory. I could not view a list file in a directory
>> after I  re-install xemacs. Did I miss something.

You missed something. Are your packages installed correctly? i.e. can you run 
dired at all?

roodwriter wrote:

> You have the commands confused. C-x C-f is for opening a file or for
> creating one where there isn't one. It's not for viewing the directory.
> 
> C-x d, as stated by D. Goel, is for viewing a directory.
> 
> Unless it works differently on Windows than on Linux.

Unless you're running some kind of special Linux, <C-x> <C-f> should open 
files *or* directory everywhere, on both emacsen.

--
Le

  reply	other threads:[~2003-03-02  3:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-03-01 22:33 list a directory ck
2003-03-01 23:40 ` D. Goel
2003-03-02  1:12   ` ck
2003-03-02  1:37     ` roodwriter
2003-03-02  3:37       ` Unknown [this message]
2003-03-04 21:29       ` Kevin Rodgers

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