From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: two dired questions Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:10:04 -0600 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1272988590 30167 80.91.229.12 (4 May 2010 15:56:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 15:56:30 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue May 04 17:56:29 2010 connect(): No such file or directory Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O9KTy-0007m3-TT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 17:56:27 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38069 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O9KTy-0004lq-Gt for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 May 2010 11:56:26 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:10:01 -0600 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-No-Archive: yes Original-Lines: 24 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.132.228 Original-X-Trace: sv3-AhdiU2AFBOlyUw/G8OOuEbYNL51TZGD3yzPfWPA/PH3c+6y1MWLAwx1wM48Oi3jR70REFV2/pvYRg9r!schOAp9UVD0i3as0hyIhQGaKgiY1nLFjxyIaL9IGSJJNOesPHvx+wW3+gpzpFcMIP4OsorW1p5Oi!MQDrnMpAO5zjn42F86/xYAXUYDL8SOE= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:177341 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 X-Gmane-Expiry: 2010-05-18 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:72901 Archived-At: 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. ??? 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? Thanks for any help, Ed