I've never tried that but copying files via two different dired buffer is trivial. It is also really useful for copying files to and from remote hosts via tram

I've never tried that but copying files via two different dired buffer is trivial. It is also really useful for copying files to and from remote hosts via tramp. (If copying large files in this manner look into rsync versus ssh.) Here is my .emacs if you want to see it: https://github.com/julienchastang/dotemacs/blob/master/settings.org https://github.com/julienchastang/dotemacs/blob/master/setti.... It is a continuous work in progress.