From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Koppelman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: guided tour suggestions Date: Thu, 03 May 2007 17:30:13 -0500 Message-ID: <7wzm4ltua2.fsf@ece.lsu.edu> References: <200705031803.l43I3Yd29129@f7.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178231443 25074 80.91.229.12 (3 May 2007 22:30:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 22:30:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: daniel@brockman.se, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 04 00:30:39 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hjjom-0003Uu-AD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 00:30:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HjjvL-00027K-8R for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:37:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HjjvH-000274-MY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:37:15 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HjjvF-00026s-AY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:37:14 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HjjvF-00026p-3M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:37:13 -0400 Original-Received: from ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu ([130.39.223.98]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hjjof-0004BI-7q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:30:25 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E046928160; Thu, 3 May 2007 22:30:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ece.lsu.edu Original-Received: from ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AXbZZujKNrtB; Thu, 3 May 2007 17:30:23 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from nested.ece.lsu.edu (nested.ece.lsu.edu [130.39.222.143]) by ecelsrv1.ece.lsu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 269F52802F; Thu, 3 May 2007 17:30:23 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from nested.ece.lsu.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by nested.ece.lsu.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l43MUEAA000580; Thu, 3 May 2007 17:30:14 -0500 Original-Received: (from koppel@localhost) by nested.ece.lsu.edu (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l43MUDpv000579; Thu, 3 May 2007 17:30:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200705031803.l43I3Yd29129@f7.net> (Karl Berry's message of "Thu\, 3 May 2007 13\:03\:34 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.98 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:70523 Archived-At: karl@freefriends.org (Karl Berry) writes: > We received this report on webmasters (thanks Daniel) ... > > > From: daniel@brockman.se > > I am reading the newly-installed Emacs guided tour[1] and > taking notes as I go along. > > Fifth, this > > M-x shell New shell buffer > C-u M-x shell New shell buffer with specified name > > should probably look like this: > > M-x shell Switch to shell buffer > C-u M-x shell Make new shell buffer But M-x shell can create a shell buffer, and is certainly the easier way to do so if you're not picky about names and only need one. How about: M-x shell Create or just switch to shell buffer named *shell* C-u M-x shell Create shell buffer with specified name