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From: Justin Barclay <contact@justinbarclay.ca>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Browsing a set of dir of files in a single buffer
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 22:48:28 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2il2ee3sv.fsf@Heimdall.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvbk86nc84.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org>


> Org (and `outline-mode` before it) provide a hierarchical structuring
> similar to that of files and directories.  I like that better than
> directories, because I usually find it easier to navigate a big file
> than several small files in a directory.
>
> But I don't always get to choose, and sometimes I'm stuck browsing
> several small files in a directory hierarchy.
>
> Does anyone know a nice Emacs package that lets me view that whole
> hierarchy in a single buffer, as if it were something like a big
> `outline-mode` file?

I think dirvish might do what you want?
https://github.com/alexluigit/dirvish

It's based on dired, but it has a more modern design - including being
able to view a tree of children directories.



  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-02-24  6:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-23 20:49 Browsing a set of dir of files in a single buffer Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-02-24  0:22 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2024-02-24  6:35 ` Yuri Khan
2024-02-24  6:48 ` Justin Barclay [this message]
2024-02-24 15:22   ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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