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How make Dired open selected files in a SPECIFIC window when there are m
From: |
Tak Kunihiro |
Subject: |
How make Dired open selected files in a SPECIFIC window when there are multiple windows? |
Date: |
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:38:33 +0900 (JST) |
You can freeze the Dired window.
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x 9") 'freeze-window)
(defun freeze-window ()
"Freeze or lock a window where point is. Call again to unfreeze.
Technically this toggles window-dedicate-p property of a window."
(interactive)
(let ((frozenp (window-dedicated-p (selected-window)))
(win (selected-window)))
(set-window-dedicated-p win (not frozenp))
(message (format "%s is %s" win (if (not frozenp) "frozen" "free")))))
> I'd like to keep a small Dired window open that I can keep selecting
> files from, and, have them all open in a specific big window.
>
> (I'm basically trying to mimic an IDE where you have a "file chooser" widget.)
>
> How do that?