From: Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Set initial buffer to eshell
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2013 20:25:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87li5ut7mi.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2648.1372387325.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com> writes:
>> I was wondering what the easiest change I could make to my
>> .emacs file to set the initial buffer to the eshell. I messed
>> around a little bit with initial-buffer-choice but this only
>> seemed helpful for launching to certain files.
>
> Why change .emacs? Just invoke Emacs with:
>
> emacs -f eshell
Why is that better? I think changing .emacs is better. All Emacs
configuration/initiation should go into that file.
Granted, an absurd example, but just imagine an .emacs file of
several thousand lines - which is not uncommon - imagine putting
all that into aliases, functions, and scripts! Even if it would be
possible - which it isn't - it would be a *jungle*!
My system starts Emacs automatically when it starts (in
.zprofile), and it is just so much more convenient to change
.emacs - also, any changes to .emacs can be effectuated from
within an Emacs session, without having to restart.
--
Emanuel Berg - programmer (hire me! CV below)
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prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-06-28 18:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-06-27 19:55 Set initial buffer to eshell jacob.schlather
2013-06-27 20:27 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] ` <mailman.2628.1372364853.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-27 20:30 ` jacob.schlather
2013-06-27 21:20 ` Jens Teich
2013-06-27 21:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-06-27 22:52 ` Michael Heerdegen
2013-06-28 2:43 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.2648.1372387325.22516.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-06-28 18:25 ` Emanuel Berg [this message]
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