Start xterm from minibuffer??

Start xterm from minibuffer??

[Johs32]

How do I enter the minibuffer and start an xterm or run another linux
command??

Johs

Re: Start xterm from minibuffer??

[Lothar Braun]

On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 17:32 +0200, Johs32 wrote:
> How do I enter the minibuffer and start an xterm or run another linux
> command??

Just press M-! and enter the command you want to run.

-- Lothar

Re: Start xterm from minibuffer??

[Johs32]

Lothar Braun wrote:

> On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 17:32 +0200, Johs32 wrote:
>> How do I enter the minibuffer and start an xterm or run another linux
>> command??
> 
> Just press M-! and enter the command you want to run.
> 
> -- Lothar


How do I do that?? I have tried Alt+1, Alt+Shift+1 but that does not give
me: M-!

I have tried Alt+M+Alt+x which gives me:

M-x but from there I cannot type eg. xterm 

Re: Start xterm from minibuffer??

[Lothar Braun]

On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 18:41 +0200, Johs32 wrote:
> How do I do that?? I have tried Alt+1, Alt+Shift+1 but that does not give
> me: M-!

Alt+Shift+1 should work. The function that should be called is
shell-command. 
Try to run it with "M-x shell-command"

-- Lothar

Re: Start xterm from minibuffer??

[Colin S. Miller]

Johs32 wrote:
> Lothar Braun wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 17:32 +0200, Johs32 wrote:
>>> How do I enter the minibuffer and start an xterm or run another linux
>>> command??
>> Just press M-! and enter the command you want to run.
>>
>> -- Lothar
> 
> 
> How do I do that?? I have tried Alt+1, Alt+Shift+1 but that does not give
> me: M-!
I've set my machine from UK 105 to DK 105,
and M-! works (Alt-Shift-1) (on Xemacs under Debian etch)

What does M-h w shell-command RET
report?

Have you any key modification commands in your .emacs?

"emacs -q"    or    "emacs --vanilla" should start emacs
without reading your configurations.

> 
> I have tried Alt+M+Alt+x which gives me:
> 
> M-x but from there I cannot type eg. xterm 
Does Alt-x give you this, or do you have to precede it with Alt-M ?



HTH,
Colin S. Miller


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Re: Start xterm from minibuffer??

[Tim X]

Johs32 <dfgdg@dsf.com> writes:

> Lothar Braun wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 17:32 +0200, Johs32 wrote:
>>> How do I enter the minibuffer and start an xterm or run another linux
>>> command??
>> 
>> Just press M-! and enter the command you want to run.
>> 
>> -- Lothar
>
>
> How do I do that?? I have tried Alt+1, Alt+Shift+1 but that does not give
> me: M-!
>
> I have tried Alt+M+Alt+x which gives me:
>
> M-x but from there I cannot type eg. xterm 

The command you are trying to run is shell-command, which is normally
bound to M-! (Meta+! = normally Meta+Shift+1). 

However, if you just want a shell, maybe either M-x shell or M-x term
will give you what you need. (there is even M-x eshell). 

Tim
-- 
tcross (at) rapttech dot com dot au

Re: Start xterm from minibuffer??

[Alphan Bayazit]

On 14 Jul 2006, Johs wrote:

Lothar Braun wrote: > On Fri, 2006-07-14 at 17:32 +0200, Johs32 wrote:
>>> How do I enter the minibuffer and start an xterm or run another
>>> linux command??
>>
>> Just press M-! and enter the command you want to run.
>>
>> -- Lothar
>
>
> How do I do that?? I have tried Alt+1, Alt+Shift+1 but that does not
> give me: M-!

What does it give you? If it gives M-1 then you may have alt-shift bound
to something like layout change in your X configuration (or desktop
environment). 

In any case, M-x shell RET would do the same thing as previously posted.

-- 
Alphan Bayazit
http://www.bayazit.net/alphan/

Re: Start xterm from minibuffer??

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 14.07.2006 um 18:41 schrieb Johs32:

> How do I do that?? I have tried Alt+1, Alt+Shift+1 but that does  
> not give
> me: M-!

Have you tried Escape and ``!´´?

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