Dired
| GNU Emacs Dired
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 Dired in the Emacs version with a customized appearance |
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| developer | Richard Stallman |
| Current version | 7.17 (July 30, 2009) |
| Execution environment | Emacs |
| programming language | Emacs Lisp |
| category | File manager |
| License | GPL ( Free Software ) |
| Mike Sperber's Dired Page | |
Dired (from dir ectory ed itor ) is a free file manager . The program was the first visual directory editor . The usage is similar to other text-based file managers like the Midnight Commander .
Dired was developed around 1974 by Stan Kugell at the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL) ( Stanford University ) as a stand-alone program for PDP-10 computers.
A more recent program written by Jay Lepreau for BSD in 1980 has the same name. Richard Stallman implemented it as a script for the text editor Emacs (and relatives). It was also recreated for other systems and inspired programs like ded and served as the basis for modern window-oriented directory views.
Implementations
| Surname | author | year | operating system |
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| dired | Stan Kugell | 1974 | WAITS and / or TENEX |
| dired | Richard Stallman? | circa 1980 | TECO- Emacs |
| dired | Jay Lepreau | circa 1980 | BSD |
| ded | Thomas E. Dickey | 1984 | Unix |
| dired | Richard Stallman | around 1985? | GNU Emacs , XEmacs |
Web links
- Dired manual at GNU .org
- Entry in Emacs - Wiki ; mainly deals with the many scripts and adaptations to change the given dired
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stanley G. Kugell: DIRED.SGK . Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab DART (Dump and Restore Technique) Archive. August 30, 1974.
- ↑ Abstract for dired 3.05 . Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ DED - Directory Editor . Retrieved December 21, 2010.