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Emacs Dired + Tramp -> no need for any other tool. One super awesome Dired feature is C-x C-q to edit a folder like a file (all Emacs commands work here, like

Emacs Dired + Tramp -> no need for any other tool. One super awesome Dired feature is C-x C-q to edit a folder like a file (all Emacs commands work here, like macros which are easier & faster to get right than most shell commands). To save your changes after editing, press C-c C-c.

bhengaij 8y ago
Except I have to open emacs in one full second
- thibran 8y ago
  ... never close it :)
- pmoriarty 8y ago
  Why would emacs ever be closed? Anyway, if you run emacs as a server, you can connect to it with emacsclient in less than a second. Even starting emacs from scratch can take less than a second, if your config is small enough or optimized enough.
apjana 8y ago
`nnn` is not tied to a single editor. It can work with anything. Yesternight I ended up writing a plugin for vim as one of the users requested. So probably someone can contribute a plugin (?) for emacs as well. Unfortunately my understanding of emacs is limited. And that's probably one of the problems with editor-specific plugins.
- palunon 8y ago
  Well, emacs used like the GP suggest is not really an editor, and is more akin to a text-based application platform (with modes to browse the web, read your mail, play music, etc)
  - napsterbr 8y ago
    Aka EmacsOS!
earthscienceman 8y ago
I would love to hear other dired features that people use. I'm just now getting a comprehensive understanding of how great dired is.
- atmosx 8y ago
  Does it support file transfer over ftp, sftp, s3, etc?
  - ISO-morphism 8y ago
    Yes, that's where tramp comes in, although s3 might need a separate plugin. For me the best part of dired is "do-what-i-mean" mode, dired-dwim. You basically get the output of `ls -la` and edit it as a text file. When you save, dired figures out changed names/permission bits/etc and does what you mean to those files.
- jsilence 8y ago
  Does dired have some sort of picture browse mode/functionality? That would be awesome!
cjohansson 8y ago
I agree, that solution has endless of possibilities, I can’t think of any feature it doesn’t have
apjana 8y ago
`vidir` does the same in vim and readily integrates with `nnn`.

bhengaij 8y ago

Except I have to open emacs in one full second

thibran 8y ago
... never close it :)
pmoriarty 8y ago
Why would emacs ever be closed? Anyway, if you run emacs as a server, you can connect to it with emacsclient in less than a second. Even starting emacs from scratch can take less than a second, if your config is small enough or optimized enough.

apjana 8y ago

`nnn` is not tied to a single editor. It can work with anything. Yesternight I ended up writing a plugin for vim as one of the users requested. So probably someone can contribute a plugin (?) for emacs as well. Unfortunately my understanding of emacs is limited. And that's probably one of the problems with editor-specific plugins.

palunon 8y ago
Well, emacs used like the GP suggest is not really an editor, and is more akin to a text-based application platform (with modes to browse the web, read your mail, play music, etc)
- napsterbr 8y ago
  Aka EmacsOS!

earthscienceman 8y ago

I would love to hear other dired features that people use. I'm just now getting a comprehensive understanding of how great dired is.

atmosx 8y ago
Does it support file transfer over ftp, sftp, s3, etc?
- ISO-morphism 8y ago
  Yes, that's where tramp comes in, although s3 might need a separate plugin. For me the best part of dired is "do-what-i-mean" mode, dired-dwim. You basically get the output of `ls -la` and edit it as a text file. When you save, dired figures out changed names/permission bits/etc and does what you mean to those files.
jsilence 8y ago
Does dired have some sort of picture browse mode/functionality? That would be awesome!

cjohansson 8y ago

I agree, that solution has endless of possibilities, I can’t think of any feature it doesn’t have

apjana 8y ago

`vidir` does the same in vim and readily integrates with `nnn`.