Re: Changing open file buffer handling

[Ehud Karni]

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On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 12:15:28 +0100 (MET), Niclas Blomqvist <niclas-b@dsv.su.se> 
wrote:
> 
> When I use C-x C-f to open a directory buffer and then use Enter key to
> navigate through directories until I finally find the desired file, Emacs
> leaves me with a buffer list containing every directory buffer I have
> visited on the way. Is there a setting that can be changed so that walking
> through directories updates the current buffer until I reach my file
> instead of creating a new buffer for every new directory?

You can press `i' to add the subdirectory in the current buffer as was
suggested by Jeffery B. Rancier <jeff.rancier@softechnics.com>, or you
can write few elisp lines and have a "real" subdirectory replacement.

Add this to your .emacs:

(defun dired-find-alternate-file 
  "In dired, visit this file or directory instead of dired buffer."
  (interactive "P")
       (find-alternate-file (dired-get-filename)))

(eval-after-load "dired"
  '(define-key dired-mode-map  "a"   'dired-find-alternate-file))


Now, when you press `a' you'll edit the file or brows the subdirectory
instead of the parent directory.

Ehud.


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