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  • I don't get the behavior you describe. C-u M-x dired RET RET asks about ls flags, but the buffer it creates is not independent: if I kill it, any other dired buffer for the same directory also disappears. You can create indirect buffers but AFAIK, there is a single buffer for any one file or directory, so when that buffer is killed, it disappears from all windows that display it. Commented Dec 9, 2021 at 16:18
  • @NickD, yes, you are correct. I had that wrong. I must have been in a different directory. I will remove that from the question. Commented Dec 9, 2021 at 16:34
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    Have you looked at indirect buffers? Within emacs, you can get to that section with C-h i g(elisp)indirect buffers. Commented Dec 9, 2021 at 16:43
  • With respect to the notion that "It seems that dired can only have one buffer per directory," perhaps you can programmatically create a new buffer with a different name (but populate the buffer with the same directory as another buffer that already exists). You can set up a simple naming convention that just adds a consecutive number to the name of the buffer containing the same directory as other buffers; e.g., "*foo*", "*foo<01>*", "*foo<02>*". That way, there would be no need for an indirect buffer. [PS: You can programmatically create new windows above, below, left, right.] Commented Dec 9, 2021 at 18:28
  • @lawlist: I don't think that works. I can rename the buffers, but when I kill one, they all go ("all" = two in this case, so I'm extrapolatiing...) Commented Dec 9, 2021 at 19:11