Re: dired "midnight commander" view?

[Joe Bush <bushj004@hawaii.rr.com>]

Joakim Verona <joakim@verona.se> writes:

Try ec.el, it will do what you want.

Google for 'evening commander'.


> Hello,
> 
> I'm looking for something like a "midnight commander" like view for
> dired, if something like that exists.
> 
> I find it can be convenient for file-sorting tasks. 
> 
> I made a small kbd macro that did the most important part, move files
> from the "left" frame to the "right".
> 
> There are other things that usually are convenient in this kind of
> file manager, and that could be emulated in emacs, switching left and
> right frame, keeping the buffer layout and things like that.
> 
> There are other things that are very convenient in dired, like wdired,
> so I dont want a complete replacement, just some convenient add-ons.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Joakim Verona
> www.verona.se