difference between `term' and `ansi-term'?

difference between `term' and `ansi-term'?

[John J Foerch]

Hi,

What is the practical difference between `M-x term' and `M-x
ansi-term'.  They appear identical to me.  (using emacs 23)

Thanks,
John Foerch

Re: difference between `term' and `ansi-term'?

[Eric Hanchrow]

>>>>> "John" == John J Foerch <jjfoerch@earthlink.net> writes:

    John> Hi, What is the practical difference between `M-x term' and
    John> `M-x ansi-term'.

I've wondered that for years.

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Re: difference between `term' and `ansi-term'?

[Tim X]

Eric Hanchrow <offby1@blarg.net> writes:

>>>>>> "John" == John J Foerch <jjfoerch@earthlink.net> writes:
>
>     John> Hi, What is the practical difference between `M-x term' and
>     John> `M-x ansi-term'.
>
> I've wondered that for years.
>

I don't think there is any real practicle difference anymore. However, from
memory, I don't think the original 'term' was ansie compliant,. Now, I
think the only difference is in how it generates the term buffer names -
ansi-term probably handles multiple terminals a little easier in that I
don't think you hve to rename an existing one before you open another
one. Apart from that, I think they are now both the same. 

Tim


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Re: difference between `term' and `ansi-term'?

[John J Foerch]

Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null> writes:
> I don't think there is any real practicle difference anymore. However, from
> memory, I don't think the original 'term' was ansie compliant,. Now, I
> think the only difference is in how it generates the term buffer names -
> ansi-term probably handles multiple terminals a little easier in that I
> don't think you hve to rename an existing one before you open another
> one. Apart from that, I think they are now both the same. 
>
> Tim

Thanks.

--John Foerch