Set initial buffer to eshell

Set initial buffer to eshell

[jacob.schlather]

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. 

Thanks,
Jacob

Re: Set initial buffer to eshell

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 27.06.2013 um 21:55 schrieb jacob.schlather@gmail.com:

> I was wondering what the easiest change I could make to my .emacs file to set the initial buffer to the eshell.

Making

	(eshell)

the last statement?

--
Greetings

  Pete

A blizzard is when it snows sideways.

Re: Set initial buffer to eshell

[jacob.schlather]

On Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:27:26 PM UTC-4, Peter Dyballa wrote:
> Am 27.06.2013 um 21:55 schrieb :
> 
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> > I was wondering what the easiest change I could make to my .emacs file to set the initial buffer to the eshell.
> 
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> 
> Making
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> 	(eshell)
> 
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> 
> the last statement?
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 
> Greetings
> 
> 
> 
>   Pete
> 
> 
> 
> A blizzard is when it snows sideways.

That is easy and it works. 

Thanks,
Jacob

Re: Set initial buffer to eshell

[Jens Teich]

jacob.schlather@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.
>
> Thanks,
> Jacob

(eshell)

~jens

Re: Set initial buffer to eshell

[Emanuel Berg]

Jens Teich <jensteich@t-online.de> 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.
>
> (eshell)

Yes, but beware, if you do changes to .emacs, and want to
effectuate them en masse, you can't `M-x load-file RET` - well,
you can, but then you will invoke the eshell which probably wasn't
what you wanted, and especially not as it was started on startup
and I suspect you not to shut it down until you shut down Emacs.

I guess something like this would do the trick, at least if you
(like me) are not a functional programming zealot and thus have no
problems with globals or side-effects.

(defvar *has-started* nil)
(if (not *has-started*)
    (progn
      (setq *has-started* t)
      (eshell) ))

And, everything can of course be avoided if you, when you change
.emacs, effectuate it defun by defun with `eval-defun' or
`eval-last-sexp'.

-- 
Emanuel Berg - programmer (hire me! CV below)
computer projects: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573
internet activity: http://home.student.uu.se/embe8573

Re: Set initial buffer to eshell

[Michael Heerdegen]

Hi Emanuel,

> > (eshell)
>
> Yes, but beware, if you do changes to .emacs, and want to
> effectuate them en masse, you can't `M-x load-file RET` - well,
> you can, but then you will invoke the eshell which probably wasn't
> what you wanted, and especially not as it was started on startup
> and I suspect you not to shut it down until you shut down Emacs.
>
> I guess something like this would do the trick, at least if you
> (like me) are not a functional programming zealot and thus have no
> problems with globals or side-effects.
>
> (defvar *has-started* nil)
> (if (not *has-started*)
>     (progn
>       (setq *has-started* t)
>       (eshell) ))

Yes, that would work, but it's probably even easier to use
`after-init-hook'.


Michael.

Re: Set initial buffer to eshell

[Kevin Rodgers]

On 6/27/13 1:55 PM, jacob.schlather@gmail.com wrote:
 > 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

You can define an alias or create a script to encapsulate that logic.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA

Re: Set initial buffer to eshell

[Emanuel Berg]

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)
computer projects: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573
internet activity: http://home.student.uu.se/embe8573