[OS X Emacs] dired-mode: how to navigate in only one buffer/tab?

[Hofert Jan Marius]

Dear Jack,

(as usual), thank you very much, this is really helpful!

Cheers,

Marius

On 2011-09-27, at 22:23 , Jack Repenning wrote:

> On Sep 27, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Hofert Jan Marius wrote:
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>> I heard from a colleague that using "i" navigates in the same buffer. This is not too bad, but using "i" on ".." brings "Cannot operate on `.' or `..' "... 
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> You can use "^" on . or "..". Doing it on ".." doesn't interpolate the contents into the same buffer; rather, it creates a new buffer showing only the parent. But from there you can use "i" and "^" freely within a single buffer. Play with it a bit to get comfortable.
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