Re: Customize dired buffer names

[Kevin Rodgers]

Francis Moreau wrote:
> I'd like to change the way that the dired buffers got their names.
>
> For now it's juste the name of the directory, but I'd like to add
> "<Dired>" as prefix for example.
>
> Is it possible ?

It is not customizable by design, but it should be possible:

(defadvice dired-noselect (after rename-buffer activate)
  "Add <Dired> prefix to buffer name."
  (with-current-buffer ad-return-value
    (rename-buffer (concat "<Dired>" (buffer-name)))))

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA