Customize dired buffer names

Customize dired buffer names

[Francis Moreau]

Hello,

I'd like to change the way that the dired buffers got their names.

For now it's juste the name of the directory, but I'd like to add
"<Dired>" as prefix for example.

Is it possible ?

Thanks

Re: Customize dired buffer names

[Kevin Rodgers]

Francis Moreau wrote:
> I'd like to change the way that the dired buffers got their names.
> 
> For now it's juste the name of the directory, but I'd like to add
> "<Dired>" as prefix for example.
> 
> Is it possible ?

It is not customizable by design, but it should be possible:

(defadvice dired-noselect (after rename-buffer activate)
   "Add <Dired> prefix to buffer name."
   (with-current-buffer ad-return-value
     (rename-buffer (concat "<Dired>" (buffer-name)))))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Re: Customize dired buffer names

[Juri Linkov]

> I'd like to change the way that the dired buffers got their names.
>
> For now it's juste the name of the directory, but I'd like to add
> "<Dired>" as prefix for example.
>
> Is it possible ?

I use the following snippet to name dired buffers with absolute names:

(add-hook 'dired-after-readin-hook
          (lambda ()
            ;; Name dired buffers by absolute directory names.
	    ;; Use `generate-new-buffer-name' for vc-directory
	    ;; which creates duplicate buffers.
            (rename-buffer (generate-new-buffer-name dired-directory))
            ))

You could use something like

  (rename-buffer (concat "<Dired>" (directory-file-name dired-directory)))

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/

Re: Customize dired buffer names

[Francis Moreau]

On 17 jan, 00:09, Juri Linkov <j...@jurta.org> wrote:
> > I'd like to change the way that the dired buffers got their names.
>
> > For now it's juste the name of the directory, but I'd like to add
> > "<Dired>" as prefix for example.
>
> > Is it possible ?
>
> I use the following snippet to name dired buffers with absolute names:
>
> (add-hook 'dired-after-readin-hook
>           (lambda ()
>             ;; Name dired buffers by absolute directory names.
>             ;; Use `generate-new-buffer-name' for vc-directory
>             ;; which creates duplicate buffers.
>             (rename-buffer (generate-new-buffer-name dired-directory))
>             ))
>
> You could use something like
>
>   (rename-buffer (concat "<Dired>" (directory-file-name dired-directory)))

Ok, I'll do that.

Thanks both for your suggestions.