From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: John Mastro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: in reply to my other just-now post about dired which hasn't appeared FWR Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 15:06:30 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87h9mbtldn.fsf@debian.uxu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443737223 9383 80.91.229.3 (1 Oct 2015 22:07:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:07:03 +0000 (UTC) To: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 02 00:07:02 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhm0D-0001NT-L6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 00:07:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56439 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhm0C-0004No-Vx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:07:00 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38079) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhm03-0004Nb-HI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:06:52 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhm02-0000x5-NG for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:06:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oi0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22f]:33646) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zhm02-0000wy-IW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 18:06:50 -0400 Original-Received: by oixx17 with SMTP id x17so48829675oix.0 for ; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:06:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=pqkU+JySjSNr0M7Ifxo6ow1/4c47xfMQqGlrT62nIJQ=; b=S7J2fDH8EclJZe6skQpXUjPkahKJTzwQgvzoPR25HYjTz+BwteTQM3iov/TyDvWCJe vT47HtsJVgSKxIhHYEqdrU73h3RyH7OhsgeoFnPzyUd3D8EjdLyIHoxk0ck0HwMTR5Z6 9jI9vcvPb2wACkbT8D6NNGMo5uzZ19pC6vnv/EESPVovOVKgvQUZD7rHzCCzV79ikXIA joYU9Tgx5F+03UkzQK2fGdjzTJSOvh4ddbICeEZ6/5jHCXh4Bm4T0i7CsGucQffJsmUv RtdilpYWTvxtXEHrAMCiNrVM9VOArbOpfowtkPvIqjZxGxd0PfZCeidXekg1ZCApytcK 4WKQ== X-Received: by 10.202.196.143 with SMTP id u137mr7227168oif.80.1443737209909; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:06:49 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.76.45.8 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 15:06:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87h9mbtldn.fsf@debian.uxu> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c06::22f X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:107441 Archived-At: Emanuel Berg wrote: > I found an in-house solution, namely calling `dired' > with, as arguments - now just hear :) - calling dired > with `dired-directory' and `dired-listing-switches' as > arguments :) :) You may already know this, but I'll mention it anyway, since it took me quite a while to notice, so maybe others haven't found it yet either: With `C-u s' (that's `dired-sort-toggle-or-edit') you can edit the listing switches however you like. The change affects only the current buffer. I previously used a custom command to select a sorting method via `ido' but since discovering `C-u s' I've found it's more general and just as convenient. -- john