RE: Cannot go down in dired when the file name is tool long

[Drew Adams]

> I have a strange problem with dired: if the window used is not wide
> enough, some file names may be longer than the width so they continue on
> the next line. Unfortunately in that case I cannot use the keyboard to
> go to the next file. More precisely, if I have the cursor on the file
> name before the line break, then hitting 'n' puts the cursor at the
> beginning of the file name on the same line. If I move the cursor to the
> right enough so that it goes to the part of the file name that is on the
> next line, then hitting 'n' correctly takes me to the next file.
> 
> If I turn on `visual-line-mode` (which is ugly for dired) or
> truncate-lines (which is better), then things work as expected.
> 
> Is there a way to have the usual wrapping and still be able to navigate
> the file? Could this be an interaction with another mode?

I don't see what you describe at all.  Do you see this when starting
with `emacs -Q'?  For me, that has `visual-line-mode' turned off, and
`n' acts normally in Dired.

If you see that problem with `emacs -Q', then consider reporting a bug:
`M-x report-emacs-bug'.  If not, try bisecting your init file (~/.emacs)
recursively until you find the part that introduces the problem.