Hi Alan,

Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org> writes:

> Thank you, this would work nicely. However I don't know how to specify,
> when I open the file, which link-type to use. Would I need to modify the
> link itself from "file" to "file+emacs+dired" before opening it?

Trying loading the attached .el file to get a new "dired" type.
Very crude but should work.