<![CDATA[You probably know about M-x dired, the directory editor.]]>You probably know about M-x dired, the directory editor. But do you know about M-x proced, the process editor?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c1c5cc5b-2df7-448d-9884-5f491ae5e67d/you-probably-know-about-m-x-dired-the-directory-editor.RSS for NodeWed, 22 Apr 2026 06:40:54 GMTSun, 29 Mar 2026 15:24:46 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to You probably know about M-x dired, the directory editor. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:20:03 GMT]]>@tusharhero My favorite thing in dired is r, aka wdired-change-to-wdired-mode from wdired.el: rename stuff by means of normal editing actions. Combined with keyboard macros, this is great for quick renaming of things according to a “pattern”.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/blobster/statuses/116314551314032714https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/blobster/statuses/116314551314032714Sun, 29 Mar 2026 21:20:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You probably know about M-x dired, the directory editor. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:49:13 GMT]]>@tusharhero https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/displaying-interacting-processes-proced, cool, TIL!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/gargle/statuses/116313958241479956https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://floss.social/users/gargle/statuses/116313958241479956Sun, 29 Mar 2026 18:49:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You probably know about M-x dired, the directory editor. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:27:49 GMT]]>@Huubje I had seen it before but assumed it was just a listing of processes, I got to know of its true power today.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/tusharhero/statuses/116313166268758163https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/tusharhero/statuses/116313166268758163Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:27:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to You probably know about M-x dired, the directory editor. on Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:26:08 GMT]]>@Huubje you know like how dired allows you edit directories, proced allows you to edit processes.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/tusharhero/statuses/116313159674676993https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/tusharhero/statuses/116313159674676993Sun, 29 Mar 2026 15:26:08 GMT