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− | [[Category:Command line]] | + | '''Shell''' is a command-line interpreter that provides text [[user interface]] for an [[Operating System]]. |
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+ | Within Emacs you can interact with various shells and other command-line/text-mode programs running as a sub-process within an Emacs terminal emulator: | ||
+ | * [[ ansi-term ]] | ||
+ | * [[ shell ]] | ||
+ | * [[ term ]] | ||
+ | * [[ multi-term ]] | ||
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+ | [[ eshell ]] is a shell (not a terminal emulator, nor a process hosted in one) written in pure [[ Emacs Lisp ]]. It is very powerful, flexible and customizable, but poorly documented at time of writing. | ||
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+ | Emacs itself is fully functional either in a terminal or a windowing system. Some keystrokes available under window systems may not work in a terminal and vice versa. | ||
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+ | User can use shell inside Emacs, with '''shell mode''', '''eshell''' or '''term'''. | ||
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+ | == shell mode == | ||
+ | in this mode, Emacs run an inferior shell, with I/O through [[buffer]] (default to *shell*). The shell buffer is a normal buffer, so you can edit and move around as usual, plus you have special keys to interact with the shell, like {{keys|M-p}} to call the previous history command or {{keys|C-c r}} to go to the beginning of the last output (see all keys in the menu). | ||
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+ | '''See also''': [https://github.com/ieure/shell-here shell-here] to open up a shell in the current directory; [https://github.com/kyagi/shell-pop-el shell-pop] to pop up and pop out a shell buffer window easily (both installable via ELPA). | ||
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+ | == eshell == | ||
+ | in this mode, Emacs emulate a shell. It is writen by Emacs Lisp. | ||
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+ | == term == | ||
+ | in this mode, Emacs emulate a terminal, then Emacs invoke a shell that you choose, then link to the terminal. | ||
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+ | [[Category:Command line]][[Category:Terminal]] |
Latest revision as of 17:08, 19 December 2013
Shell is a command-line interpreter that provides text user interface for an Operating System.
Within Emacs you can interact with various shells and other command-line/text-mode programs running as a sub-process within an Emacs terminal emulator:
eshell is a shell (not a terminal emulator, nor a process hosted in one) written in pure Emacs Lisp . It is very powerful, flexible and customizable, but poorly documented at time of writing.
Emacs itself is fully functional either in a terminal or a windowing system. Some keystrokes available under window systems may not work in a terminal and vice versa.
User can use shell inside Emacs, with shell mode, eshell or term.
shell mode
in this mode, Emacs run an inferior shell, with I/O through buffer (default to *shell*). The shell buffer is a normal buffer, so you can edit and move around as usual, plus you have special keys to interact with the shell, like [M-p] to call the previous history command or [C-c r] to go to the beginning of the last output (see all keys in the menu).
See also: shell-here to open up a shell in the current directory; shell-pop to pop up and pop out a shell buffer window easily (both installable via ELPA).
eshell
in this mode, Emacs emulate a shell. It is writen by Emacs Lisp.
term
in this mode, Emacs emulate a terminal, then Emacs invoke a shell that you choose, then link to the terminal.