dired+ does not launch automatically

Question

The built-in Dired is launched when I type C-x d. dired+ is loaded because I can run diredp-* commands, but dired+ is only launched after I have run a diredp command. What is the problem? I am using Emacs 24.1 and I installed dired+ through the package manager.

Answer 1

Dired+ is not loaded. All the functions you see are autoloaded. This means that as soon as you call one of those functions emacs knows it needs to read diredp.el. Once it reads that file, it overrides the default dired and makes everything work.

To fix your problem, just (require 'diredp) in your .emacs.