Re: how can I get back to the dired buffer after closing the file buffer opened by dired?

[Amos Bird <amosbird@gmail.com>]

Hi Bob,

Thanks! It is due to some package that overrides 
`kill-this-buffer'.

regards,

Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:

> Amos Bird wrote:
>> I tried opening my files via `a` which runs 
>> dired-find-alternate-file.
>
> Unfortunately 'a' probably was confused with 'f' as they do 
> related by
> opposite things.  Probably the suggestion was intended to 
> suggest 'f'
> instead.  Using 'a' replaces the dired buffer with the new file. 
> That
> is the opposite of what you want.
>
> However 'f' does exactly the same as RET bound to 
> dired-find-file and
> so will work the same.
>
> For me both RET and 'f' are bound to dired-find-file and both of 
> those
> stack a new buffer.  When I kill the buffer of the file I am 
> returned
> to the previous buffer, including the dired buffer.  What you 
> are
> asking for is the behavior I have always seen and currently see.
>
> What version of emacs are you running?  Please test the behavior 
> using
> 'emacs -q' and 'emacs -Q' and see if the problem persists. 
> Those
> avoid loading your own or any initialization.  Quite often 
> problems
> are due to customization.  That will test if the problem is in 
> the
> project or in the customization.
>
> Bob


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