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From: jack@hpindda.HP.COM (Jack Repenning)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: Monkey mode -- what is it?
Message-ID: <3590009@hpindda.HP.COM>
Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 19:59:47 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 19:59:47 1987
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Monkey mode, like dired mode, is a way of displaying the contents of
a directory, and permitting you to:

	- Move around to other directories
	- Manage the files in the directories (copy, delete, rename,
	  change protections, stuff like that)
	- Edit selected files in the directory.

The controlling difference is this: when you express an interest in a 
subdirectory, dired pops a new buffer and window, while monkey expands
the new directory's contents in-place (and can collapse it again).

A derived difference is that dired's display always takes up a whole line
for each file (output of ls -l), while monkey's leaves lots of room
on the right end of the line, so subdirectories can be shown indented.

Jack Repenning	(jack@hpda.hp.com)