Re: How to start shell and rename the buffer

[Teemu Likonen <tlikonen@iki.fi>]

tyler (2009-01-15 10:23 -0400) wrote:

> This works for me:
>
> emacs -title mytitle --eval '(progn (shell) (rename-buffer "myshell"))'
>
> I guess the --eval flag runs only the first complete command,
> requiring the (progn ...) to do both. Just guessing, though.

That is true. An example:

    $ emacs --batch -Q --eval '(message "one") (message "two")'
    one

So either wrap the commands inside a form which allows separate commands
(progn, let, ...) or use separate --eval options:

    $ emacs --batch -Q --eval '(progn (message "one") (message "two"))'
    one
    two

    $ emacs --batch -Q --eval '(message "one")' --eval '(message "two")'
    one
    two