4.5 Showing the tree structure of local directories

Using the w3m-dtree command, you can display a tree of all subdirectories of a local directory, and browse it like a regular web page. The emacs-w3m buffer you get when you use this feature is very similar to the output of the external "tree" utility, hence the name. Emacs-w3m adds a bonus: if you call the command with a prefix argument, it will display files as well, turning emacs-w3m into a full-featured file browser.

Here is an example of what an emacs-w3m dtree run looks like:

/home/romain/.elisp/emacs-w3m/ |-CVS/ |-attic/ | +-CVS/ |-autom4te.cache/ |-doc/ | |-CVS/ | +-emacs-w3m/ |-icons/ | +-CVS/ |-patches/ | +-CVS/ +-shimbun/ +-CVS/

And with a prefix argument, you get something like this instead:

/home/romain/.elisp/emacs-w3m/ (allfiles) |-(f).cvsignore |-(f)BUGS.ja |-(f)COPYING |-[d]CVS/ | |-(f)Entries | |-(f)Repository | +-(f)Root |-(f)ChangeLog |-(f)ChangeLog.1 |-(f)Makefile |-(f)Makefile.in |-(f)README |-(f)README.ja

D

Prompt for a local directory in the minibuffer, then display its tree structure. If called with a prefix argument (e.g. C-u D), show files in the directories as well (w3m-dtree).