Variable: dired-kill-when-opening-new-dired-buffer

dired-kill-when-opening-new-dired-buffer is a customizable variable defined in dired.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

If non-nil, kill the current buffer when selecting a new directory.

This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 28.1.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 28.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/dired.el.gz
(defcustom dired-kill-when-opening-new-dired-buffer nil
  "If non-nil, kill the current buffer when selecting a new directory."
  :type 'boolean
  :group 'dired
  :version "28.1")