Re: Differences between ibuffer and dired

[Stephen Berman]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:47:30 -0700 "Drew Adams" <address@hidden> wrote:

> And remember that Dired is _much_ older - 

That's true:

   ;;; dired.el --- directory-browsing commands
   
   ;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000,
   ;;   2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
   ;;   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   [...]
   ;; Rewritten in 1990/1991 to add tree features, file marking and
   ;; sorting by Sebastian Kremer <address@hidden>.
   ;; Finished up by rms in 1992.

>                                           Ibuffer is only a few years old
> (~2007, IIUC).

But that isn't:

   ;;; ibuffer.el --- operate on buffers like dired
   
   ;; Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008,
   ;;   2009, 2010  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
   
   ;; Author: Colin Walters <address@hidden>
   ;; Maintainer: John Paul Wallington <address@hidden>
   ;; Created: 8 Sep 2000

Steve Berman