From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Daniel Brockman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: guided tour suggestions Date: Fri, 04 May 2007 00:41:13 +0200 Message-ID: <87ps5h34za.fsf@wigwam.brockman.se> References: <200705031803.l43I3Yd29129@f7.net> <7wzm4ltua2.fsf@ece.lsu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1178232102 26957 80.91.229.12 (3 May 2007 22:41:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 22:41:42 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri May 04 00:41:41 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 1HjjzX-0005mU-2S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 00:41:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hjk66-0003O1-1n for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:48:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hjk62-0003Nw-Oj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:48:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hjk61-0003ND-BJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:48:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hjk60-0003Mu-WF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:48:21 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HjjzR-0005aN-1R for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 03 May 2007 18:41:33 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HjjzE-0006EK-Fj for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 May 2007 00:41:20 +0200 Original-Received: from c-5195e355.09-32-6c6b7013.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se ([85.227.149.81]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 04 May 2007 00:41:20 +0200 Original-Received: from daniel by c-5195e355.09-32-6c6b7013.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 04 May 2007 00:41:20 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-5195e355.09-32-6c6b7013.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se X-Face: :&2UWGm>e24)ip~'K@iOsA&JT3JX*v@1-#L)=dUb825\Fwg#`^N!Y*g-TqdS AevzjFJe96f@V'ya8${57/T'"mTd`1o{TGYhHnVucLq!D$r2O{IN)7>.0op_Y`%r;/Q +(]`3F-t10N7NF\.Mm0q}p1:%iqTi:5]1E]rDF)R$9.!,Eu'9K':y9^U3F8UCS1M+A$ 8[[[WT^`$P[vu>P+8]aQMh9giu&fPCqLW2FSsGs User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.92 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:h5K6lptHJkzvDK1qMo7VA+suiP4= 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:70524 Archived-At: David Koppelman writes: >> 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. Good point. > 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 Yeah, that's better. Maybe even this: M-x shell Create or switch to shell buffer named *shell* C-u M-x shell Create or switch to shell buffer named as specified (I think it's both clearer and more precise.) -- Daniel Brockman