Re: Annoying behavior when dropping directorty in dired buffer

[Mathias Dahl]

Reiner Steib <address@hidden> writes:


>> I could change that variable but I do not want anything else than the
>> directiry opening in yet another dired buffer. I don't want to drag
>> and drop directories to get them moved/copied/linked.
>
> ,----[ <f1> v dired-dnd-protocol-alist RET ]
> | dired-dnd-protocol-alist is a variable defined in `dired'.
> | Its value is 
> | (("^file:///" . dired-dnd-handle-local-file)
> |  ("^file://" . dired-dnd-handle-file)
> |  ("^file:" . dired-dnd-handle-local-file))
> | 
> | Documentation:
> | The functions to call when a drop in `dired-mode' is made.
> | See `dnd-protocol-alist' for more information.  When nil, behave
> | as in other buffers.
> | 
> | You can customize this variable.
> `----

Thanks, I found that variable in the code too, but I did not
understand how to configure that to get the behavior I want, i.e. to
just open the dropped directory in another dired buffer.