Re: Bug or feature? 'c' in dired-mode changes buffer layout

[Filipp Gunbin]

Marius Hofert writes:

> Hi,
>
> I am wondering if the following behavior is a bug or a feature:
>
> 1) open an Emacs buffer
> 2) Split the buffer via C-x 2
> 3) Change to dired mode via C-x d; now you have two buffers on top of each
> other, one in dired mode
> 4) use 'c' in the buffer in dired mode to get a shell; instead of two buffers 
> on
> top of each other (one of which is a shell), the buffer-split is removed and 
> the
> shell is displayed as a single buffer in the frame. 
>
> (this is on Emacs 24, Ubuntu 12.04). 
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marius
>

'c' seems to be undefined in dired buffer by default (GNU Emacs 24.1.1
on Cygwin).

What does 'C-h k c' output in your dired buffer?

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Filipp Gunbin