rob%vixen@CAD.BERKELEY.EDU (Robert M. Romero) (05/18/89)
Dear Bugkillers,
1. This one should be easy to answer. It seems to be intentional, but
I have a hard time classifying it as a "feature":
When I put up a buffer list, it is impossible from simple inspection
to determine what pathname a dired entry is editing. This is a real problem
when I'm editing five */src directories; I have to Find each one, and figure
out which it is. However, file entries in the buffer list DO have a pathname,
so the mechanism is there, so it seems to be deleted for direds on purpose.
Why is this the default behavior and is there (there doesn't seem to be)
a variable that controls this?
2. If I have a big long mode line with lots of room it seems
reasonable that I could program it to display the edited pathname (if
applicable). Otherwise, I have to type 10+ characters to look at a
variable to find out.
Is there (there doesn't seem to be) a variable that controls this?
Thanks,
:-: Rob Romero, user of Emacs 18.53.1
By the way: Congratulations on a very well-thought out and
appealing piece of software! We at TCS really appreciate and take
advantage of GNUemacs. Once people try after using other editors,
they don't go back.rbj@DSYS.NCSL.NIST.GOV (Root Boy Jim) (06/06/89)
? From: arthur!rob%vixen@cad.berkeley.edu (Robert M. Romero ) ? Dear Bugkillers, ? 1. This one should be easy to answer. It seems to be intentional, but ? I have a hard time classifying it as a "feature": ? When I put up a buffer list, it is impossible from simple inspection ? to determine what pathname a dired entry is editing. This is a real problem ? when I'm editing five */src directories; I have to Find each one, and figure ? out which it is. However, file entries in the buffer list DO have a pathname, ? so the mechanism is there, so it seems to be deleted for direds on purpose. ? Why is this the default behavior and is there (there doesn't seem to be) ? a variable that controls this? Here is what you want. Works like a champ! >From compass.UUCP!worley%eddie.mit.edu.uucp@bbn.com Tue Nov 29 18:36:29 1988 To: unix-emacs@bbn.com Date: 10 Oct 88 21:35:24 GMT >From: Dale Worley <compass.UUCP!worley%eddie.mit.edu.uucp@bbn.com> Subject: Improvement to list-buffers The following change to buffer.c changes list-buffers so that under "File" it will list the directory being edited by a Dired buffer. Under vanilla 18.52, the File column is blank for a Dired buffer. Hopefully FSF will put this in version 19. *** buffer.c Mon Oct 10 17:30:49 1988 --- buffer.c.old Mon Oct 10 17:28:07 1988 *************** *** 1013,1021 **** Findent_to (col3, minspace); if (!NULL (b->filename)) Fprinc (b->filename, Qnil); - else if (strcmp (XSTRING (b->mode_name)->data, "Dired") == 0 && - !NULL (b->directory)) - Fprinc (b->directory, Qnil); write_string ("\n", -1); } --- 1013,1018 ---- For example: MR Buffer Size Mode File -- ------ ---- ---- ---- .* *mail* 145 Mail * *Buffer List* 0 Buffer Menu *% toys 1386 Dired /extra/compas1a/worley/toys/ * *scratch* 28 Lisp Interaction Dale ? 2. If I have a big long mode line with lots of room it seems ? reasonable that I could program it to display the edited pathname (if ? applicable). Otherwise, I have to type 10+ characters to look at a ? variable to find out. ? Is there (there doesn't seem to be) a variable that controls this? Several people have posted hooks to do this. I haven't tried them. Perhaps dsill will point you to the right place. Since M-p is unbound, I bind it to `pwd'. ? Thanks, ? :-: Rob Romero, user of Emacs 18.53.1 ? By the way: Congratulations on a very well-thought out and ? appealing piece of software! We at TCS really appreciate and take ? advantage of GNUemacs. Once people try after using other editors, ? they don't go back. Sometimes the hard part is getting them to try it! Root Boy Jim is what I am Are you what you are or what?