From: Rupert Swarbrick <rswarbrick@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How start shell in a new *window*? No shell-other-window exists!?!?!
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:45:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ghlpar$73e$1@news.albasani.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 30a97e56-6503-4362-93ec-93526b3d0c2c@z6g2000pre.googlegroups.com
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"seberino@spawar.navy.mil" <seberino@spawar.navy.mil> writes:
> There doesn't seem to be a shell-other-window to start shell in a new
> *window* like dired-other-window.
>
> The following function I wrote shows a shell in TWO windows so it
> doesn't do the trick.
>
> (lambda () (interactive)
> (switch-to-buffer-other-window (shell)))
Try this
(lambda () (interactive)
(switch-to-buffer-other-window nil)
(shell))
The point is that in your code, (shell) is evaluated (making a new
buffer, which gets displayed in the current window) and then
switch-to-buffer-other-window says to display that buffer in a different
window too.
Rupert
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2008-12-08 19:00 How start shell in a new *window*? No shell-other-window exists!?!?! seberino
2008-12-09 12:45 ` Rupert Swarbrick [this message]
2008-12-09 18:20 ` seberino
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