From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai Grossjohann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: dired: goto directory of a file Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:54:55 +0100 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <873ca0e9ls.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1075280631 32633 80.91.224.253 (28 Jan 2004 09:03:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 09:03:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 28 10:03:40 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Allbn-00084W-01 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:03:39 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AllbI-0008Rl-L1 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 04:03:08 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.DE!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213-203-244-156.kunde.vdserver.de (213.203.244.156) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1075280077 25951092 213.203.244.156 ([73968] 10430) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:StxsdgOhR28fBPqnI16UPZfl4cI= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:120497 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:16442 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:16442 leo writes: > in a dired buffer (particu;ar in a dired-find buffer) it would be very > handy to be able to jump to the containing directory of a file: > > eg. the dired buffer shows the line > > -rw-r--r-- 1 leo staff 618385 30 Nov 08:29 Audio/Apps/iCDc4.3.3.dmg.sit > > then just jump to the directory Audio/Apps in a new dired window. You can do RET on the file and then use dired-jump. (dired-jump is part of dired-x. C-x j might be a good binding for it, as jump-to-register is also available as C-x r j.) Kai