list-directory should also cd to that directory

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From: danj1
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1990 01:31

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[this might have faild to reach you the first attempt]

Don't you hate when you do a list-directory (C-x C-d) and then try to
find a file (C-x C-f) from the "*Directory*" buffer?  the
"*Directory*" buffer's current default directory is the same as the
one you were in when you first created the "*Directory*" buffer (when
you first did a list-directory) (use M-x pwd to check it), and bears
no relation to the directory it displays.  Subsequent list-directory
calls change the contents of the "*Directory*" buffer, but not its
current default directory.

I propose that when one does a list-directory, the "*Directory*"
buffer should also do a "cd" to the directory it will display.

Dan Jacobson AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville IL USA 708-979-6364 danj1@ihlpa.ATT.COM

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