how to open directory listing of current buffer ?

how to open directory listing of current buffer ?

[rsk82]

What key command to use when I want see listing of the directory in which the currently open file lies ?

RE: how to open directory listing of current buffer ?

[Drew Adams]

> What key command to use when I want see listing of the directory in which
> the currently open file lies ?

`C-x d' or `C-x C-d'

`C-h a list directory' tells you about `C-x C-d' (`list-directory').
`C-h a directory' tells you about both (and more).

Re: how to open directory listing of current buffer ?

[rsk82]

Is there a way to open it in separate buffer ('tab') and not in a split window ? I use elscreen and that way would be easier on small screen laptop.

Re: how to open directory listing of current buffer ?

[Dmitry Gutov]

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

>> What key command to use when I want see listing of the directory in which
>> the currently open file lies ?
>
> `C-x d' or `C-x C-d'

Or: `M-x dired-jump'.

If you (require 'dired-x), it will be bound to `C-x C-j'.

Re: how to open directory listing of current buffer ?

[Emanuel Berg]

Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> writes:

> Or: `M-x dired-jump'.

I tried that in Gnus (from the buffer displaying your message) and
I ended up in ~/.w3m - I get that not all buffers have files
associated with them, but perhaps this should be communicated
somehow instead of that kind of arbitrary (?) behaviour. Just a
thought.

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RE: how to open directory listing of current buffer ?

[Drew Adams]

> > Or: `M-x dired-jump'.
> 
> I tried that in Gnus (from the buffer displaying your message) and
> I ended up in ~/.w3m - I get that not all buffers have files
> associated with them, but perhaps this should be communicated
> somehow instead of that kind of arbitrary (?) behaviour. Just a
> thought.

Consider filing a bug report: `M-x report-emacs-bug'.

For a starter, the doc string of `dired-jump' says what happens if "in a file" or "in Dired", but not what happens otherwise.

Looking at the `dired-jump' code (from a recent 24 Dev snapshot), it seems that `default-directory' is used for the otherwise case.  That should at least be documented.