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Subject: Re: Why do we need a number of different terminal modes in Emacs?
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Andrey Lisin <andrey.lisin@gmail.com> writes:

> BTW, I just found a good explanation here:
> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/104325/what-is-the-difference-between-shell-eshell-and-term-in-emacs

Yes, pretty clear.

Your question left out M-!.

There are other ways to accomplish what a shell does more tightly bound
to Emacs, like:

ls -> dired
make -> M-x compile
grep -> M-x grep

these commands offer advantages over a shell buffer.
Years ago I used to use M-x shell, but I no longer find use for any of
these  shell interfaces.

-- 
Dan Espen