Re: dired commands/vars i can't find

[Samuel Wales]

well it seems i found a function that does 2.  i wrote it long ago.
idk if it works.  or in all cases, but i have it.

(defun alpha-dired-up-alternate ()
  (interactive)
  (let* ((dir (dired-current-directory))
         (up (file-name-directory (directory-file-name dir))))
    (find-alternate-file up)))

and i had it bound, even.  up to ' and alternate to shift-'.

so probably all i need is 1.

On 1/10/23, Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com> wrote:
> i can't seem to find a few things i want in dired that probably exist.
>
>
> 1.  suppose you run dired fro a file.  i beierve there is a setting
> that will put point on that file's line insted of at top.  whatis it?
>
> 2.  also, i i clutter buffer space with dired dirs.  i thini you are
> supposed to use a instead of ret when you vist from dired.
> is there a dired-up-directory equivalent of this?  that is, i want a
> version of dired-up-directory that reuse the current buffer.
>
> thank you.  please to: me if you can.  or perhaps cc: will work as
> well, idk.  [of course it is ok to include the mailing list.]
>


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