Re: Open multiple separate terminal buffers with multi-term in Emacs.

[Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 3:12 PM Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 02 2021, Hongyi Zhao wrote:
> > According to the tricks mentioned here,
> > <https://iloveemacs.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/emacs-as-an-advanced-terminal-multiplexer/comment-page-1/>,
> > I installed the following packages from melpa: multi-term,
> > ace-jump-mode, key-chord, and yasnippet. Then I add the following
> > configuration into my ~/.emacs.d/init.el:
>
> If all you want is to use multiple terminals, you don't need all those packages.
> Only multi-term is useful for your purpose. (It's possible to do what you want
> without any extra packages, but multi-term makes it easier.)
>
> So before you install ace-jump-mode, key-chord and yasnippet, I strongly suggest
> you read about what those packages do and consider whether you really want/need
> them.

Thank you for your sincere advice.

>
> Now, about your question:
>
> > Now, I can open two new terminals by pressing:
> >
> > C-c T
> > C-x 2
>
> This doesn't actually open two terminals. It opens one terminal and then splits
> the window in two windows. Both windows show the *same* buffer, however.
>
> The description of the multi-term package (see <https://melpa.org/#/multi-term>)
> says that you can create a new term buffer with `M-x multi-term`, which you have
> bound to `C-c T`. So press it once to create one terminal, press it again to
> create a second one. If you want to see both terminals at once, open one
> terminal, split the window (C-x 2 or C-x 3) and then open a new terminal in the
> second window.

Thank you, it does the trick.

Based on the author said on GitHub,
<https://github.com/manateelazycat/multi-term>:

I mainly use Aweshell now, but I still maintain multi-term.el, feel
free send PR to me, thank you!

So, perhaps I should also give aweshell
(https://github.com/manateelazycat/aweshell) a try.

Regards
-- 
Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@gmail.com>
Theory and Simulation of Materials
Hebei Vocational University of Technology and Engineering
NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China