Re: Annoying behavior when dropping directorty in dired buffer

[Mathias Dahl]

Reiner Steib <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 18 2005, Mathias Dahl wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I thought the part "When nil, behave as in other buffers." is
> sufficiently clear.  What would you suggest to make it more clear?

Sorry for the noise, it works the way I want after having set that
variable to nil and restarting Emacs.