Dired buffers and finding files...

Dired buffers and finding files...

[Tim Haynes]

Howdo,

Minor niggle here that's getting to me.

If I have a buffer visiting a file in a given directory - e.g. /tmp/foo.txt
or something - and then decide I want to bring up a dired buffer of that
directory, pressing `C-x C-f /tmp/ RET' flips me to the existing foo.txt
buffer, rather than starting dired. If I remove the trailing `/' then I get
the directory view. If there's no file from that directory open, it jumps
straight to it - this feels weird under the fingertips..

Any variables I should have customized or is this a bug/feature? (There's
not a single mention of `dired' in .*emacs* here.)

FWIW I'm running "GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i386-debian-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d
 scroll bars) of 2002-03-22 on raven, modified by Debian".

Cheers,

~Tim
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Re: Dired buffers and finding files...

[Bernd Wolter]

Martin Schmitz <dosenfleisch@gmx.de> writes:

> Tim Haynes <usenet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk> writes:
> 
> > If I have a buffer visiting a file in a given directory - e.g. /tmp/foo.txt
> > or something - and then decide I want to bring up a dired buffer of that
> > directory, pressing `C-x C-f /tmp/ RET' flips me to the existing foo.txt
>                        ^^^^^^^
> Try 'C-x d RET'
> 

Or from within the buffer in question C-x C-j.

bernd

Re: Dired buffers and finding files...

[Tim Haynes]

Bernd Wolter <mathae.wolter@gmx.de> writes:

> Martin Schmitz <dosenfleisch@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> Tim Haynes <usenet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk> writes:
>> 
>> > If I have a buffer visiting a file in a given directory - e.g.
>> > /tmp/foo.txt or something - and then decide I want to bring up a dired
>> > buffer of that directory, pressing `C-x C-f /tmp/ RET' flips me to the
>> > existing foo.txt                    ^^^^^^^
>>
>> Try 'C-x d RET'
>
> Or from within the buffer in question C-x C-j.

OK thanks for those two; I'll have a play imminently :8)

~Tim
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RE: Dired buffers and finding files...

[Bingham, Jay]

I have just one question about C-x C-j, what function does it invoke on your machine.

I am running 21.1 on Win2000 and 20.4 on a Unix box, it is undefined in both of these.

I would like to suggest to all responders that when ever your reply includes instructions to press a key sequence to invoke a function that you use the convention used in the help to describe key sequences and the functions that they invoke, i.e. `C-x d' (`dired'),.

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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Tim Haynes [mailto:usenet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk] 
Sent:	Tuesday, October 22, 2002 12:59 PM
To:	help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject:	Re: Dired buffers and finding files...

Bernd Wolter <mathae.wolter@gmx.de> writes:

> Martin Schmitz <dosenfleisch@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> Tim Haynes <usenet@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk> writes:
>> 
>> > If I have a buffer visiting a file in a given directory - e.g.
>> > /tmp/foo.txt or something - and then decide I want to bring up a dired
>> > buffer of that directory, pressing `C-x C-f /tmp/ RET' flips me to the
>> > existing foo.txt                    ^^^^^^^
>>
>> Try 'C-x d RET'
>
> Or from within the buffer in question C-x C-j.

OK thanks for those two; I'll have a play imminently :8)

~Tim
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Re: Dired buffers and finding files...

[John Paul Wallington]

"Bingham, Jay" <Jay.Bingham@hp.com> wrote:

> I have just one question about C-x C-j, what function does it invoke
> on your machine.

It runs `dired-jump' iff you have loaded the dired-x library.

> I am running 21.1 on Win2000 and 20.4 on a Unix box, it is undefined
> in both of these.

(require 'dired-x) in your .emacs should define it.

> I would like to suggest to all responders that when ever your reply
> includes instructions to press a key sequence to invoke a function
> that you use the convention used in the help to describe key
> sequences and the functions that they invoke, i.e. `C-x d'
> (`dired'),.

IMHO, people should seriously consider avoiding top-posting (and
perhaps be wary of posting lines longer than a screen width) too ;-)

-- 
John Paul Wallington