https://github.com/fasheng/dired-toggle

Show dired as sidebar and will not create new buffers when changing directory
https://github.com/fasheng/dired-toggle

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Show dired as sidebar and will not create new buffers when changing directory

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/fasheng/dired-toggle
• Owner: fasheng
• Created: 2013-10-13T02:31:03.000Z (over 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-10-04T03:20:13.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-01-24T18:59:55.646Z (6 months ago)
• Topics: dired, emacs-lisp, emacs-packages, sidebar
• Language: Emacs Lisp
• Homepage:
• Size: 248 KB
• Stars: 24
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.org

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• awesome - dired-toggle - Show dired as sidebar and will not create new buffers when changing directory (Emacs Lisp)

README

        
#+HTML: 

#+HTML: 

*** Description

=dired-toggle= command could toggle to show dired buffer as a sidebar

for current directory(similar to =dired-sidebar=, but more

lightweight). The sidebar buffer also enabled a minor mode named

=dired-toggle-mode=, and it only contains one buffer instance, change

directories in it will not create news buffers.

Usage:

#+BEGIN_SRC elisp

(use-package dired-toggle

  :defer t

  :bind (("" . #'dired-toggle)

         :map dired-mode-map

         ("q" . #'dired-toggle-quit)

         ([remap dired-find-file] . #'dired-toggle-find-file)

         ([remap dired-up-directory] . #'dired-toggle-up-directory)

         ("C-c C-u" . #'dired-toggle-up-directory))

  :config

  (setq dired-toggle-window-size 32)

  (setq dired-toggle-window-side 'left)

  ;; Optional, enable =visual-line-mode= for our narrow dired buffer:

  (add-hook 'dired-toggle-mode-hook

            (lambda () (interactive)

              (visual-line-mode 1)

              (setq-local visual-line-fringe-indicators '(nil right-curly-arrow))

              (setq-local word-wrap nil))))

#+END_SRC

Source: https://github.com/fasheng/dired-toggle

*** Install

You could install it easily through [[http://melpa.milkbox.net/#/getting-started][melpa]] by typing =M-x

package-install dired-toggle=

*** Screen shot

[[file:screenshot.png]]

(Enabled [[https://github.com/jtbm37/all-the-icons-dired][all-the-icons-dired]] and [[https://github.com/Fuco1/dired-hacks#dired-subtree][dired-subtree]] in screenshot)

*** License

GNU General Public License, Version 3.0