view whole tree

view whole tree

[Andrea Crotti]

I would like to be able to see (in dired) the whole directory structure of my directory

A simple way is probably to pass the right result of "ls" to dired, but maybe there are more
general and smarter solutions already implemented.

I think I've read somewhere it was possible but I can't find it anywhere in the doc..

Re: view whole tree

[suvayu ali]

On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Andrea Crotti
<andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to be able to see (in dired) the whole directory structure of my directory
>
> A simple way is probably to pass the right result of "ls" to dired, but maybe there are more
> general and smarter solutions already implemented.
>
> I think I've read somewhere it was possible but I can't find it anywhere in the doc..
>

Maybe you can recursively insert subdirectories?

`C-h k i' in dired gives the following,

> i runs the command dired-maybe-insert-subdir, which is an interactive
> compiled Lisp function in `dired-aux.el'.
>
> It is bound to i, <menu-bar> <subdir> <insert>.
>
> (dired-maybe-insert-subdir DIRNAME &optional SWITCHES
> NO-ERROR-IF-NOT-DIR-P)
>
> Insert this subdirectory into the same dired buffer.
> If it is already present, just move to it (type l to refresh),
>   else inserts it at its natural place (as `ls -lR' would have done).
> With a prefix arg, you may edit the ls switches used for this listing.
>   You can add `R' to the switches to expand the whole tree starting at
>   this subdirectory.
> This function takes some pains to conform to `ls -lR' output.
>
> Dired remembers switches specified with a prefix arg, so that reverting
> the buffer will not reset them.  However, using `dired-undo' to re-insert
> or delete subdirectories can bypass this machinery.  Hence, you sometimes
> may have to reset some subdirectory switches after a `dired-undo'.
> You can reset all subdirectory switches to the default using
> M-x dired-reset-subdir-switches.
> See Info node `(emacs)Subdir switches' for more details.


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Suvayu

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Re: view whole tree

[José A. Romero L.]

On Feb 16, 9:42 am, Andrea Crotti <andrea.crott...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I would like to be able to see (in dired) the whole directory structure of my directory
>
> A simple way is probably to pass the right result of "ls" to dired, but maybe there are more
> general and smarter solutions already implemented.
>
> I think I've read somewhere it was possible but I can't find it anywhere in the doc..

Hello Andrea,

You may want to have a look at the Sunrise Commander, either with or
without the Tree extension:

    http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/Sunrise_Commander

With the Tree extension you can press C-Return to recursively unfold
the current subtree, showing all the subdirectories inside it and how
they're nested within one another. Without the Tree extension, you
can press C-c b (sr-flatten-branch), select "d" to display all the
directories inside the current branch and then (eventually) sort them
using different criteria.

Cheers,
--
José A. Romero L.
escherdragon at gmail
"We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals."
(Quarry worker's creed)