Re: color codes in eshell

[Daniel Jensen <daniel-news@bigwalter.net>]

Alexander Nikolov <alexander@ip217-30.mnet.bg> writes:

> I am very enthusiastic about using a shell from inside emacs but I
> find eshell has some frustrating weaknesses. First, the documentation
> is far from complete. Second, I have this problem with color codes:
> When I log in as a normal user everything is displayed
> correctly. However, when I am root color codes are displayed as numbers
> and letters in between the useful text. There is no shell history in
> root mode, either. I hope this can be fixed with some lisp code but
> sadly I have very limited knowledge of the language and the
> implementation in emacs.
> Suggestions?

Try adding "su" to `eshell-visual-commands'. It'll make su open in a
terminal emulation buffer, which will hopefully be able to interpret
the color codes correctly. I suppose it will also make the (bash?)
history available to you.

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Daniel Jensen
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