From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Masterson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Buffers in Dired Date: 01 Jun 2003 23:00:24 -0700 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054534017 4018 80.91.224.249 (2 Jun 2003 06:06:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 06:06:57 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 02 08:06:56 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19MiTA-00012T-00 for ; Mon, 02 Jun 2003 08:06:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19MiSA-0007AS-Gi for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Jun 2003 02:05:54 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 16 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113966 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10460 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10460 >>>>> Kaustuv writes: > I am using dired to navigate through the files of my home. But the > problem is the moment i move to a subdirectory dired creates a new > buffer for it. So ultimetly it turns out i have just too many buffers > open if i am locating a file buried deep my home directory sturcture. > Is there some configuration variable which shall tell it not to create > all these buffers but to work only from one buffer. In short all i want > is JUST ONE buffer for all my navigation. Consider the 'i' command in dired. -- David Masterson David DOT Masterson AT synopsys DOT com Sr. R&D Engineer Synopsys, Inc. Software Engineering Sunnyvale, CA