Emacs: Dired Customization
Tips for setting up emacs's dired.
Jump to File in Dired
In any open file, Alt+x dired-jump
【Ctrl+x Ctrl+j】 to jump to the directory of current buffer.
Before emacs 28, you need to load a lib.
Put this in your Emacs Init File:
(if (version< emacs-version "28.1") nil (progn ;; for dired-jump (require 'dired-x)))
Delete Directory, Copy Directory
You can copy or deleted a dir, including all subdirectories.
Put this in your Emacs Init File:
;; allow dired to delete or copy dir ;; 'top means ask once. ;; 'always means no asking (setq dired-recursive-copies 'top) (setq dired-recursive-deletes top)
Auto Target Dir in the Other Split Pane
Copy from one dired dir to the next dired dir shown in a split window
Put this in your Emacs Init File:
(setq dired-dwim-target t)
Now, go to dired, then Alt+x split-window-below
, then go to another dired dir. Now, when you press C to copy, the other dir in the split pane will be default destination. Same for dired-do-rename
【R】 and others.
Hide File Owner Permission Info

dired-hide-details-mode
.
In dired, Alt+x dired-hide-details-mode
【(】.
If you want it always on, add a hook. Like this:
(defun xah-dired-mode-setup () "to be run as hook for `dired-mode'." (dired-hide-details-mode 1)) (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'xah-dired-mode-setup)
make dired use the same buffer for viewing directory
In dired, Alt+x dired-find-alternate-file
【a】 to open the file/directory without creating a new buffer.
If you want Enter and ^ (parent dir) to use the same buffer, put the following in your emacs init file:
(require 'dired ) (define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "RET") 'dired-find-alternate-file) ; was dired-advertised-find-file (define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "^") (lambda () (interactive) (find-alternate-file ".."))) ; was dired-up-directory