how to specify the current directory when I start a shell in aquamacs

how to specify the current directory when I start a shell in aquamacs

[n179911]

Hi,

I start aquamacs in a directory, say '~/dir1/dir2'
and then in aquamacs, i do 'M-x shell'

and it launches a shell, but why when I do 'pwd' in the shell, it goes
back to my HOME, i.e ~?

Is there anyway to configure aquamacs to start a shell when I do M-x
shell to the directory of  where I launched aquamacs?

In my above example, it would be ~/dir1/dir2?

Thank you.

Re: how to specify the current directory when I start a shell in aquamacs

[Xah Lee]

emacs does not inherit the current dir from the shell you launch it.

when you start a shell in emacs, the current path is the same as the
current buffer's file if there's one. For example, when you are in
emacs, if the current buffer is a file at ~/dir1/dir2, or the current
buffer is dired at ~/dir/dir2, then when you do Alt+x shell, your
shell starts in that dir.

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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On Jul 7, 5:18 pm, n179911 <n179...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I start aquamacs in a directory, say '~/dir1/dir2'
> and then in aquamacs, i do 'M-x shell'
>
> and it launches a shell, but why when I do 'pwd' in the shell, it goes
> back to my HOME, i.e ~?
>
> Is there anyway to configure aquamacs to start a shell when I do M-x
> shell to the directory of  where I launched aquamacs?
>
> In my above example, it would be ~/dir1/dir2?
>
> Thank you.

Re: how to specify the current directory when I start a shell in aquamacs

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

n179911 <n179911@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I start aquamacs in a directory, say '~/dir1/dir2'
> and then in aquamacs, i do 'M-x shell'
>
> and it launches a shell, but why when I do 'pwd' in the shell, it goes
> back to my HOME, i.e ~?
>
> Is there anyway to configure aquamacs to start a shell when I do M-x
> shell to the directory of  where I launched aquamacs?
>
> In my above example, it would be ~/dir1/dir2?

C-x C-f ~/dir1/dir2 RET
M-x shell RET


C-x b *scratch* RET
M-x set-default-directory RET ~/dir/dir2
M-x shell RET

-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__