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bug#27435: patch for dired-mouse-find-file-other-window
From: |
Tak Kunihiro |
Subject: |
bug#27435: patch for dired-mouse-find-file-other-window |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Aug 2017 18:02:43 +0900 (JST) |
>> On dired I use `RET', `o', and `C-o' on different occasions and I
>> prefer mouse click to work as `RET' instead of `C-o'. This is
>> especially true when there are more than three windows in a frame.
>>
>> The patch lets mouse click on dired visit a file or directory in
>> <this-window> not in <other-window> with following customization.
>>
>> (setq dired-mouse-find-file-func 'find-file)
>
> But you could have the same effect by rebinding mouse-2 to another
> function. We just need to add such a function, which should work like
> dired-mouse-find-file-other-window, but visit the file in the same
> window. That sounds like a better alternative for this use case,
> because customizing a function-valued variable is trickier for users
> than rebinding keys.
I agree.
Then the new function `dired-mouse-find-file-this-window' will look
very similar to `dired-mouse-find-file-other-window' but two lines.
Is that OK?