Re: [ shell buffer ] How not to split the current window?

[Oleg Pykhalov <go.wigust@gmail.com>]

HASM <hasm@example.invalid> writes:

>> since a previous update, when using M-x shell, the shell opens in a new
>> buffer, splitting the window.
>
> You could do:
>
>   (add-hook 'shell-mode-hook 'delete-other-windows)
>
> but that will only work the first time that "shell" buffer is created,
> not if there is one already.

Also you could make a key binding to (switch-to-buffer "*shell*").

> For the later case you may need to change the shell defun and add a call
> to delete-other-windows after the pop-to-buffer (though I didn't test
> it.)