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From: James Thomas <jimjoe@gmx.net>
To: "Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to get eshell to do what I used to do with shell
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 02:31:13 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86cymgytwm.fsf@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DM3PR02MB10256ACA438DB5E085EE65D3C9DBB2@DM3PR02MB10256.namprd02.prod.outlook.com> (DAVID KARR's message of "Sat, 10 Aug 2024 17:00:44 +0000")

KARR, DAVID wrote:

> My old wrapper had these features:
> * In a non-shell buffer, execing the main func would either create the
> first shell buffer, or go to the first one in the chain, perhaps
> called the 0th.
> * In a shell buffer, execing the main func would create a new shell in
> the chain, using the current directory
> * In a shell buffer, execing the "goto-next-shell" func would move to
> the next buffer in the chain, or back to 0 if at the end
> * In a shell buffer, execing the "find-shell-with-dir" func would take
> a string argument and find the next buffer in the chain where the pwd
> has that string as a substring
>
> I think all of these are doable

They should be, but lemme just say that I think a better way to use
eshell is to have a single buffer: the ability to transparently 'cd' to
different remotes and selectively open async output buffers (at least
for me) makes keeping multiple buffers redundant and is more convenient:
if the user is a single person, all the commands are in a particular
sequence, after all.

Regards,
James



  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-08-10 21:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-10 17:00 How to get eshell to do what I used to do with shell KARR, DAVID
2024-08-10 19:10 ` tpeplt
2024-08-10 19:52   ` KARR, DAVID
2024-08-10 22:32     ` tpeplt
2024-08-11 11:27     ` Joel Reicher
2024-08-10 21:01 ` James Thomas [this message]
2024-08-10 21:06   ` KARR, DAVID
2024-08-11  9:49     ` James Thomas

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