From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: dired in one buffer Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:26:30 -0700 Message-ID: References: <873bbrbyr8.fsf@hans.local.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1156103136 3854 80.91.229.2 (20 Aug 2006 19:45:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 19:45:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 20 21:45:31 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GEtEd-0004Vy-Bu for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:45:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GEtEc-000211-Ty for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:45:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GEswm-00025P-F9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:27:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GEswh-0001vr-UA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:26:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GEswh-0001vD-0M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:26:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [148.87.113.118] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1GEt3u-0007wB-LH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:34:22 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (rgmgw1.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.110]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id k7KJQq2C010466 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:26:52 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-rmdc-csvpn-gw6-141-144-112-186.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.112.186]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id k7KJQpf9006185 for ; Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:26:51 -0600 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <873bbrbyr8.fsf@hans.local.net> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36789 Archived-At: > 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. Yes, sometimes it helps to take a step back and try stuff you might assume would not work (as they say, "think out of the box"). Emacs is full of surprises like this - I wish I had a dollar for every time Emacs surprised me with something that I wouldn't have thought possible. The first time I saw Emacs tags in action, for example, it blew my mind. That was many moon ago, but I had simply never thought of such a possibility. Likewise, the idea that ordinary keys (e.g. `a', `b') would run a command (`self-insert-command') just to get themselves inserted in a buffer. Emacs is a wondrous toy, indeed. The problem, of course, is that we quickly get into habits, and that can work against exploration and discovery.