Re: dired mode or norton commander

[bcochofel]

The dirs '.' and '..' don't work when I press RET but work with 'a'
key...
I was used to use RET key, guess I got to change to 'a'...

I really want to use norton commander, I like very much being able to
(copy, move) from left to right...
Is there any way to make dired show 2 side by side windows? (Without
C-x 3...)

On Dec 7, 12:37 pm, "Robert Thorpe" <rtho...@realworldtech.com> wrote:
> bcochofel wrote:
> > Well, I've tried:
> > ;-------------------------------------------------------------
> >  (defun dired-follow-file ()
> >   (interactive)
> >   (let ((filename (dired-get-filename)))
> >     (if (file-directory-p filename)
> >         (find-alternate-file filename)
> >       (dired-find-file))))
>
> > (defun dired-setup-follow-file ()
> >   (substitute-key-definition
> >    'dired-find-file 'dired-follow-file dired-mode-map)
> >   (substitute-key-definition
> >    'dired-advertised-find-file 'dired-follow-file dired-mode-map))
>
> > (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'dired-setup-follow-file)
> > ;---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > But I cannot change to dirs '.' and '..', I get:
>
> > "Cannot operate on '.' or '..'That's weird.  It works fine for me.
>
> > Using the "a" key I get a message asking if I want to use in all
> > sessions this options and I answer yes... No good...That is even weirder.  
> > What does it say when you type C-h k a from
> within dired?
> What version of Emacs are you using?