From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lorenzo Isella Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Reasons for Switching to Eshell Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:45:35 +0100 Message-ID: <47EE47FF.4040708@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1206798378 12722 80.91.229.12 (29 Mar 2008 13:46:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:46:18 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 29 14:46:47 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JfbOQ-000408-Kl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:46:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JfbNo-0004Tf-Vg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:46:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JfbNV-0004QP-TD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:45:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JfbNS-0004L5-44 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:45:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JfbNR-0004Kw-Ud for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:45:46 -0400 Original-Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JfbNR-0006Lo-Bp for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:45:45 -0400 Original-Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id d23so912505fga.30 for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:45:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:sender; bh=QDaPFLo17dYD3lHW1o2lShH7j9v6b1Tt5jr4wsLbpiE=; b=OYmVfCbpg/EfgUrqPoyQrQgln10TW/T5ZmX/zTSoCq5OmdXtWb2BeeYAU4lxGliyyvrykZHPtSH6JTINz5BmImwx8Wobsbh3SA28DX8QlX5Ra6Wq1hlJeebyGHtXee0E0t+ksaRfrZwMEYwKrJ9id/UKoL0K3lQAEj1TGX1JLfI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:sender; b=OOkIOKrtugM+Lfe9PxyI++n3CEJx4rcuhuiUceu9ZHcw1UYRvCx9M2PTe5lWpXfGmVb8NF/wk8s/t/eEmhYunPkKOyfcvThIvKStLSwezGwEXXzIMIO8H/ir5CXQKLBQ7x2oN4smFsjtOhq9monVRfJIgDvtvdWovNJW/AuAgMQ= Original-Received: by 10.86.59.2 with SMTP id h2mr2719942fga.19.1206798340365; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:45:40 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from cappero.jrc.it ( [151.59.221.49]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e20sm3660572fga.1.2008.03.29.06.45.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 29 Mar 2008 06:45:38 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20080110) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:52790 Archived-At: Dear All, I am slowly discovering new features in emacs and I found out it has its own shell (eshell). Now, I wonder if it is a good investment to learn how to use it. I found tons of tutorials online (BTW: any recommendation to start me out?), but I am missing the big picture. I suppose that eshell must be perfectly integrated with emacs, but other than that are there reasons to give it preference with respect to .e.g BASH? Many thanks Lorenzo