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               HOW I USE DIRED AS MY MAIN FILE MANAGER
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Make the default view more usable
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 Don't show hidden files by default and group directories first.

 ,----
 | (setq dired-listing-switches "-Bhl --group-directories-first")
 `----

 You can change the switches on the fly by pressing "C-u s".


Open files with an external program
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 Elisp-function  to   open  a  file  with   the  appropriate  program
 (linux)[1].

 ,----
 | (defun open-in-external-app ()
 |   "Open file on point or marked files with xdg-open"
 |   (interactive)
 |   (let* (
 |          ($file-list (dired-get-marked-files))
 |          ($do-it-p (if (<= (length $file-list) 5)
 |                        t
 |                      (y-or-n-p "Open more than 5 files? "))))
 |     (when $do-it-p
 |       (mapc
 |        (lambda (file-path)
 |          (let ((process-connection-type nil))
 |            (start-process "" nil "xdg-open" file-path))) $file-list))))
 `----

 Call  the function  by pressing  "e"  but only  in dired-mode.  Also
 truncate lines longer than the window width.

 ,----
 | (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook
 |           (lambda ()
 |             (define-key dired-mode-map (kbd "e") #'open-in-external-app)
 |             (toggle-truncate-lines 1)))
 `----


Shortcut to the home directory
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 Just a keybinding to quickly open the home directory.

 ,----
 | (defun go-home ()
 |   "open dired buffer at home directory"
 |   (interactive)
 |   (dired "~/")
 |   (revert-buffer))
 | (global-set-key (kbd "C-#") 'go-home)
 `----

 Note    that     "C-#"    is    the    default     keybinding    for
 "org-table-rotate-recalc-marks"  so it  won't  work  in org-mode.  I
 chose this  binding because it's  near the  ENTER key over  which my
 right hand likes to hover.



Footnotes
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[1]
<http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_dired_open_file_in_ext_apps.html>

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