Re: two dired questions

["Colin S. Miller" <no-spam-thank-you@csmiller.demon.co.uk>]

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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