Re: Dired patch for `i' - bounce between subdir line and its inserted listing

[Juri Linkov]

> The question is what `i' should do when it is _not_ on a directory line. In
> vanilla Emacs without the proposed patch it just raises an error: "Attempt to
> insert a non-directory: c:/foo/bar/toto.el". With the patch, it goes to the
> parent directory line, if there is one, in the same Dired buffer. Which of 
> these
> behaviors is more useful? That's the only question, because that's the only
> change the patch makes.

I think `i' on a file line should be reserved for something more useful.
`i' means "insert", so it makes sense to insert a file into the dired
buffer, as some file managers already do.

-- 
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/