From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: J Krugman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Why have "shell" when there's "term" Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 12:57:47 +0000 (UTC) Organization: (NONE) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1054904740 24710 80.91.224.249 (6 Jun 2003 13:05:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:05:40 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 06 15:05:37 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19OGuX-0006Py-00 for ; Fri, 06 Jun 2003 15:05:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19OGqD-0001RD-FA for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Jun 2003 09:01:09 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 9 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1054904267 18163 166.84.1.3 (6 Jun 2003 12:57:47 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 12:57:47 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Confirm: yes User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114217 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:10711 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:10711 It seems to me that "M-x term" is in every way superior to "M-x shell". What's the point of the latter? Thanks, -Jill