bug#1532: suggestion: open dir in dired using same buffer

[xah lee]

Hi,

I think it is a frequently requested feature to open files or sub dir  
in dired using the same buffer.

perhaps it can be made as a preference in custome-group?

in gnu.emacs.help, Leo suggests that people file a report here or  
else it'll not happen. So here it is. (i think Leo is a emacs  
developer. If not, sorry.)

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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On Dec 8, 4:00 pm, Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 8, 11:04 am, "seber...@spawar.navy.mil"
>
> <seber...@spawar.navy.mil> wrote:
> > When I select a file in Dired, it opens in a new buffer.
>
> > The old Dired buffer still exists.
>
> > How automatically delete the Dired buffer when I open a new buffer
> > with a new file from Dired?
>
> in dired, you can use the shortcut “a” (which invokes dired-find-
> alternate-file).
>
> Or, you can use this code:
>
> (put 'dired-find-alternate-file 'disabled nil)
>
> (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook
>  (lambda ()
>   (define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "<return>")
>     'dired-find-alternate-file) ; was dired-advertised-find-file
>   (define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "^")
>     (lambda () (interactive) (find-alternate-file "..")))
>   ; was dired-up-directory
>  ))
>
> you might make it 'enabled ... i don't recall since i stopped using
> the above.
>
> I hope emacs developers makes the above into a dired preference
> setting.
>
> Your question is a recurring question. For some other dired faq, see
> bottom:
>
> • File Management with Emacs
>  http://xahlee.org/emacs/file_management.html
>
>   Xah
> ∑http://xahlee.org/
>
> ☄