From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?Kai_Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Buffers in Dired Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 21:48:02 +0200 Organization: University of Duisburg, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <84add2zyml.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054410568 5161 80.91.224.249 (31 May 2003 19:49:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 19:49:28 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 31 21:49:27 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19MCM2-0001L4-00 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 21:49:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19MCNV-0006v4-AK for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 31 May 2003 15:50:57 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pd9e1e04d.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 15 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd9e1e04d.dip.t-dialin.net (217.225.224.77) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1054410510 7731809 217.225.224.77 (16 [73968]) Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:IhlUedpW7x3siot0JVZdvOpGp3o= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:113917 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10411 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10411 Kaustuv writes: > I am using dired to navigate through the files of my home. But the > problem is the moment i move to a subdirectory dired creates a new > buffer for it. So ultimetly it turns out i have just too many buffers > open if i am locating a file buried deep my home directory sturcture. > Is there some configuration variable which shall tell it not to create > all these buffers but to work only from one buffer. In short all i want > is JUST ONE buffer for all my navigation. You can hit `a' instead of `f' or RET to open the subdir/file. You can also try `i' on a directory. Maybe you will like it. -- This line is not blank.