Windows 10, Emacs 25.1, Dired
If I want to copy to parent's directory name to kill-ring I go to folder name and press w
Here result:
OK. It's work.
But I wan't to move cursor and get parent's directory name. I try by command digit-argument w but I get the next result:
As you can see Emacs copy to kill-ring files name and dirs names. But it not copy the parent's directory name.
It's still not very clear what you're asking, but I'm guessing this is it:
(defun copy-parent-dir-as-kill () "..." (interactive) (kill-new (expand-file-name default-directory))) If you don't want to convert ~/ to its expansion, remove the expand-file-name.
(This is unrelated to Dired+ or even to Dired in general, BTW. You can use the same command in any buffer, to copy the current directory to the kill-ring.)
wdoes? Can you get what you want by defining and using a keyboard macro? If so, then a recipe that details defining the macro you use would make clear just what action you want to perform. To me it's not clear yet.