From: jpkotta <jpkotta@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: two dired questions
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 10:48:38 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <e2f271c6-680b-4edb-ae15-473e690e9031@19g2000yqu.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: eZWdnZc7TfykIhLWnZ2dnUVZ_tSdnZ2d@sysmatrix.net
On Mar 4, 8:10 am, "B. T. Raven" <ni...@nihilo.net> wrote:
> i.
> Is there a function or, better yet, a keychord that backspaces (by
> erasing) subdirectory components in the minibuffer. So, if the current
> directory is deeply embedded in the file hierarchy, can I hit a key
> combo to move backwards (upwards toward the root) in the directory tree:
>
> c:\abc\def\ghi\jkl
> becomes
> c:\abc\def\ghi
> then
> c:\abc\def
>
> etc.
>
> ???
>
In ido-mode, this is the default behavior of backspace. ido-mode
isn't for everyone, though, so backward-kill-word a good
approximation.
> ii.
> Is there a setting that overwrites the dired buffer with the new one
> navigated to (or alternatively kills the one navigated from), so that
> there is only one dired buffer at a time instead of a long trail of them?
>
I use the dired+ package with (toggle-dired-find-file-reuse-dir 1).
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Ed
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-03-05 18:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-03-04 14:10 two dired questions B. T. Raven
2010-03-04 14:15 ` David Kastrup
2010-03-04 17:52 ` B. T. Raven
2010-05-04 16:50 ` Drew Adams
2010-03-04 17:48 ` José A. Romero L.
2010-03-05 18:48 ` jpkotta [this message]
2010-03-07 19:27 ` Colin S. Miller
2010-03-08 4:02 ` B. T. Raven
2010-03-08 22:28 ` Colin S. Miller
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