Re: dired in one buffer

[Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>     dired-find-alternate-file (normally assigned to the 'a' key in dired-
>     mode) replaces the current buffer (the dired buffer) with the
>     file/directory that the cursor is on.
>
> Just thought I'd mention that you can also use `C-x C-v' to do this. Instead
> of substituting the file or directory where the cursor is, it prompts you
> for the file or directory name.
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

It escaped my imagination that `C-x C-v' also can be used in dired for
replacing the directory listing.  Thank you for mentioning this.

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    H. Dieter Wilhelm
    Darmstadt, Germany