From: Lave <lave.wang.w@gmail.com>
To: "Tassilo Horn" <tassilo@member.fsf.org>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Browsing into Subdirectory in Dired in the Same Buffer
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:48:23 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <29de18070810290648l359fac77qa46940927497e748@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878ws7k5v0.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de>
It's nice. I copied it, thanks.
But, I used to 'v' to view a directory, and 'q' buried it, then I can
see the previous again, although there are too many buffers. Is there
a method to go back the previous viewed directory?
On 10/29/08, Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org> wrote:
> "stephan.zimmer" <stephan.zimmer@googlemail.com> writes:
>
> Hi!
>
>> When browsing into a subdirectory in dired a new dired buffer is
>> opened. Is there an easy way to avoid this, i.e., to let the new
>> directory be opened in the same buffer?
>
> Yeah, use `dired-find-alternate-file'. This will reuse the current
> buffer. Of course, when using that on a file you'll end up with no
> dired buffer at all.
>
> Here's my local hack to make RET reusing the current dired buffer if I'm
> hitting RET on a directory or else create a new buffer.
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (put 'dired-find-alternate-file 'disabled nil)
>
> (defun th-dired-up-directory ()
> "Go up one directory and don't create a new dired buffer but
> reuse the current one."
> (interactive)
> (find-alternate-file ".."))
>
> (defun th-dired-find-file ()
> "Find directory reusing the current buffer and file creating a
> new buffer."
> (interactive)
> (if (file-directory-p (dired-get-file-for-visit))
> (dired-find-alternate-file)
> (dired-find-file)))
>
> (defun th-dired-mode-init ()
> (local-set-key (kbd "^") 'th-dired-up-directory)
> (local-set-key (kbd "RET") 'th-dired-find-file))
>
> (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'th-dired-mode-init)
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Hope that helps,
> Tassilo
> --
> Chuck Norris has 12 moons. One of those moons is the Earth.
>
>
>
>
--
Regards,
Lave
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-10-29 13:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-10-29 8:46 Browsing into Subdirectory in Dired in the Same Buffer stephan.zimmer
2008-10-29 11:17 ` Tassilo Horn
2008-10-29 11:40 ` Paul R
2008-10-29 13:48 ` Lave [this message]
2008-10-29 14:49 ` Tassilo Horn
2008-10-29 15:03 ` Paul R
2008-10-29 23:01 ` Lave
[not found] ` <mailman.2367.1225288108.25473.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-10-29 14:37 ` Xah
2008-10-29 13:35 ` Drew Adams
2008-10-30 2:01 ` Joe Casadonte
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