Re: What I'm missing when using M-x shell

[Thierry Volpiatto]

"Francis Moreau" <francis.moro@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Thierry Volpiatto
> <thierry.volpiatto@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Did you try using a window manager that work correctly with emacs+shell
>> like stumpwm or rat-poison.
>> I am using stumpwm and i am really happy with it.
>> I can switch to a shell at anytime just like in emacs.
>>
>
> No I haven't and I don't think I will have some spare time to try them.
>
> For now I'm using Screen with emacs and it works ok.
>
>> Have also a look at eev:(you may like that if you are a fan of shell)
>>
>> http://angg.twu.net/eev-article.html
>>
>> and try to eval from anywhere in emacs (C-x C-e) for example:
>>
>> (find-sh "ps -u $USER | grep emacs | awk '{print $1}'")
>>
>
> Interesting thanks.
>
>> Try also to use M-x ansi-term that is much better than term.
>
> I haven't seen any differences. Maybe because they both use an
> 'eterm-color' terminal.
>
>> You can run many shell in emacs and more.
>
> That's the problem I think.
>
> Too many way to achieve the main goal.
> Why not doing one implementation and doing it well ?
No, what i mean is that with M-x term, you can run only one shell.
with ansi-term you can start more than one.
*ansi-term*<2>
*ansi-term*<3>
etc...
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