From: "Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: two dired questions
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:28:45 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4b9579bc$0$272$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <vrednf_uIZMm6wnWnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d@sysmatrix.net>
B. T. Raven wrote:
> Colin S. Miller wrote:
>
> Thanks, Colin. C-x C-j must be new in ver. 23 since it's undefined by
> default in my 22.3 distro. In both versions you should be able to
> replace the current dired buffer with its parent (unless you're in the
> root) by navigating to the .. entry (e.g. with a series of < or >
> presses) and then pressing 'a'
>
> tnx,
>
> Ed
Ed,
Ah. I normally use xemacs, not GNU emacs, and assumed that
it also works in emacs.
In emacs 22.2.1, the function you want is dired-jump [under xemacs it's
dired-jump-back]. For some reason it's not bound by default in GNU emacs,
but binds itself the first time you use it.
SFAC,
Colin S. Miller
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-08 22:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-04 14:10 two dired questions B. T. Raven
2010-03-04 14:15 ` David Kastrup
2010-03-04 17:52 ` B. T. Raven
2010-05-04 16:50 ` Drew Adams
2010-03-04 17:48 ` José A. Romero L.
2010-03-05 18:48 ` jpkotta
2010-03-07 19:27 ` Colin S. Miller
2010-03-08 4:02 ` B. T. Raven
2010-03-08 22:28 ` Colin S. Miller [this message]
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