Dired - open files in another Emacs window

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demas picture demas · Apr 2, 2012 · Viewed 7.2k times · Source

I want to have two Emacs windows on the screen: one for Dired and one for code. But when I click on a file in the Dired buffer the file opens in the the same window, in place of the Dired buffer. Can I change this behaviour?

Answer

event_jr picture event_jr · Apr 2, 2012

Why are you clicking on things with a mouse? I thought you're using Emacs?

Move point to the line you're interested in and press o to open it in another window or C-o to open the file but stay on Dired buffer.

If you must do it with the mouse, use middle-click to do the same thing.

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