From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: Dired question Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 15:20:29 -0700 Message-ID: <000d01c8b935$61c89640$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <3a279f01-b2bd-4336-a7af-f752b386d8d8@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1211149282 23458 80.91.229.12 (18 May 2008 22:21:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 22:21:22 +0000 (UTC) To: "'harven'" , Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 19 00:21:59 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JxrGR-0007VD-93 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 May 2008 00:21:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34433 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JxrFh-0005oT-9v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 18 May 2008 18:21:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JxrFP-0005nV-3f for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 May 2008 18:20:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JxrFN-0005nB-IV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 May 2008 18:20:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47629 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JxrFN-0005n6-8E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 May 2008 18:20:53 -0400 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:14143) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JxrFM-0003OH-O6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 18 May 2008 18:20:53 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (rgmgw2.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.111]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id m4IMKf7n027704; Sun, 18 May 2008 17:20:42 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt351.oracle.com (acsmt351.oracle.com [141.146.40.151]) by rgmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.2.4) with ESMTP id m4IMEbFC031822; Sun, 18 May 2008 16:20:41 -0600 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 3674192991211149211; Sun, 18 May 2008 15:20:11 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.171.3) by bhmail.oracle.com (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Sun, 18 May 2008 15:20:11 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <3a279f01-b2bd-4336-a7af-f752b386d8d8@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> Thread-Index: Aci5MNCjsMQd82jJTcmx9MxfxQBZ+AAA688w X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:54121 Archived-At: > Is there some keybinding or command in Dired that open in background > all marked files (that is, put them in buffers, without actually > displaying them in windows) ? Load library dired-x.el, then, in Dired, mark the files, then use `F' with a prefix arg: `C-u F'. To find this out: Consult the Emacs manual, which mentions dired-x.el. Then in Dired mode, do `C-h m' to get info about the mode. Unfortunately, the doc string for `F' (via `C-h k F'), which is command `dired-do-find-marked-files', says only this: "With optional NOSELECT just find files but do not select them." What it neglects to mention is that the optional argument NOSELECT corresponds to using a prefix argument (`C-u'). Put this in your init file to get dired-x.el: (require 'dired-x) Or load it manually: `M-x load-library dired-x'.