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[Emacs] improve Dired configuration

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Lucien Cartier-Tilet 2022-04-06 18:51:14 +02:00
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@ -3070,16 +3070,21 @@ me.
"p" #'evil-previous-line)
:config
(setq dired-dwim-target t
dired-recursive-copies t
dired-recursive-deletes t
dired-listing-switches "-ahl --group-directories-first"))
dired-recursive-copies 'always
dired-recursive-deletes 'top
dired-listing-switches "-ahl --group-directories-first"
dired-auto-revert-buffer t
image-dired-thumb-size 150
image-dired-dir (expand-file-name (file-name-as-directory "dired-img"
user-emacs-directory))
image-dired-db-file (expand-file-name "dired-db.el" user-emacs-directory)
image-dired-gallery-dir (expand-file-name (file-name-as-directory "gallery"
user-emacs-directory))
image-dired-temp-image-file (expand-file-name "temp-image" image-dired-dir)
image-dired-temp-rotate-image-file (expand-file-name "temp-rotate-image"
image-dired-dir)))
#+end_src
Note that I am activating by default ~gnus-dired-mode~. This is just for
the sake of convenience, since I’m not penalized with activating this
mode when it is not needed, but I don’t have to manually activate it
each time I need it.
Dired-x stands for “dired extra” which provides a couple more features
that are for some reason not included in dired yet.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
@ -3094,6 +3099,23 @@ that are for some reason not included in dired yet.
"«" #'dired-omit-mode))
#+end_src
Copying files with Dired is a blocking process. It’s usually fine when
there’s not a lot to copy, but it becomes more annoying when moving
larger files. The package ~dired-rsync~ allows to copy files with ~rsync~
in the background so we can carry on with our tasks while the copy is
happening.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package dired-rsync
:if (executable-find "rsync")
:defer t
:straight (:build t)
:general
(phundrak/evil
:keymaps 'dired-mode-map
:packages 'dired-rsync
"C-r" #'dired-rsync))
#+end_src
~dired-du~ provides the user with the option to be able to see the size
of directories as they are, rather than just the size of their
inode. However, I will not enable it by default as it can take some
@ -3136,6 +3158,17 @@ Diredfl makes dired colorful, and much more readable in my opinion.
(diredfl-global-mode 1))
#+end_src
Dired can benefit from ~fd~, a fast reimplementation of ~find~, to
increase the speed of ~find-dired~.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package fd-dired
:if (executable-find "fd")
:defer t
:straight (:build t)
:init
(global-set-key [remap find-dired] #'fd-dired))
#+end_src
And let’s add some fancy icons in dired!
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(use-package all-the-icons-dired
@ -3146,12 +3179,11 @@ And let’s add some fancy icons in dired!
:config
(defun my/all-the-icons-dired--refresh (orig-fun &rest args)
(unless (or (not (file-remote-p default-directory))
(<= (count-lines (point-min)
(point-max))
512))
(<= (count-lines (point-min) (point-max)) 512))
(apply orig-fun args)))
(advice-add #'all-the-icons-dired--refresh :around #'my/all-the-icons-dired--refresh))
(advice-add #'all-the-icons-dired--refresh
:around
#'my/all-the-icons-dired--refresh))
#+end_src
Lastly, let’s install some extensions to ~image-dired~.