From: rearman <rearman@r717.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2025 14:20:01 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Make dired re-use more buffers
X-Git-Url: https://git.earman.xyz/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=373165992103c854981170262e3e813f7b4883a7;p=emacsinit.git

Make dired re-use more buffers

Had issues with buffers "still being used" because dired keeps everything in
separate buffers by default.
---

diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index e614a67..c88f494 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -91,7 +91,16 @@
 
 (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook
 	  (lambda ()
-	    (dired-hide-details-mode t)))
+	    (progn
+	      (keymap-set dired-mode-map
+			  "<return>"
+			  #'dired-find-alternate-file)
+	      (keymap-set dired-mode-map
+			  "^"
+			  #'(lambda ()
+			      (interactive)
+			      (find-alternate-file "..")))
+	      (dired-hide-details-mode t))))
 
 ;; Bookmarks
 (setq bookmark-save-flag 1)