Re: dired mode or norton commander

[Robert Thorpe]

bcochofel wrote:
> The dirs '.' and '..' don't work when I press RET

This is bad.  It work on my machine using Emacs 21.  Pressing "RET" on
"." does nothing of course, but you wouldn't expect it to.

If you're using Emacs 22 then this may be a bug that needs reporting.

I also don't understand why "a" should ask you a question.

> but work with 'a'
> key...
> I was used to use RET key, guess I got to change to 'a'...
>
> I really want to use norton commander, I like very much being able to
> (copy, move) from left to right...
> Is there any way to make dired show 2 side by side windows? (Without
> C-x 3...)

Not that I know of with Dired.