Dired
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 Some Dired buffers as implemented in Emacs, with some custom colors. |
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| Developer(s) | Stan Kugell (original), Richard Stallman (for Emacs) |
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| Stable release | 7.10 / 12 April 2002 |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Type | File manager |
| License | GPL (Free Software) |
| Website | Mike Sperber's dired page |
Dired is the name of the first visual directory editor, shown here as implemented for the Emacs text editor. Dired runs on any Emacs platform. Its commands are generally more modal than most Emacs commands since Dired is a specialized major mode in and of itself. Dired can perform all expected operations; in operation and use more akin to an orthodox file manager like Midnight Commander.
Dired was invented circa 1974 at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) as a stand-alone program by Stan Kugell.[1][dead link] It was quickly incorporated into Emacs, re-implemented in other operating systems, and became the basis for modern window-oriented file directory displays.[2]
Several Emacs Lisp scripts have been developed to extend Dired functionalities in Emacs. In combination with Tramp[3] it is capable to access to remote file systems for editing files by means of SSH, FTP, telnet and many other protocols, as well as the capability of accessing as another user for editing files with restricted permissions (such as administrator access) in the same session. There are also functionalities that make possible to rename multiple files by search and replace[4] or apply regular expressions for marking (selecting) multiple files[5].
[edit] References
- ^ Kugell, Stanley G. (1974). "SAILDART/2006-06". Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab DART (Dump and Restore Technique) Archive. http://www.saildart.net/prog/DOC/html/002482?4330,15360. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
- ^ "SAILDART/2006-06". Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab DART Archive. http://www.saildart.net/prog/DOC/html/002962?4293,31330. Retrieved on 2007-11-16.
- ^ "Tramp User Manual". Free Software Foundation. http://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/. Retrieved on 2009-04-04.
- ^ "WDired". http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/WDired.
- ^ "Dired Marks vs. Flags". http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Marks-vs-Flags.html.
[edit] External links
- Dired manual at GNU.org
- Entry at the Emacs wiki; focuses mostly on the many scripts and tweaks that can modify the default Dired.
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