Shells like M-x shell and M-x run-python inherit from comint mode. comint-mode introduces low-level functions for dealing with interactive shells that require user input, a history ring, and so on.
This article is only a quick overview, but it’s enough to get an understanding of Emacs’s capabilities.Īll external, interactive shells in Emacs are derived from something called comint-mode. If you use Emacs as your shell you will have all the functionality that Emacs provides plus you get almost all of the advantages provided by the shell itself, but built into Emacs. If you come from other editors or IDEs you’re probably using an external terminal window (like xterm), a terminal multiplexer (like GNU Screen or tmux) or console window (in Windows) and switching back and forth. One of Emacs’s strongest selling-points is its shell integration and terminal emulation. To use Emacs effectively, you must learn to use all that Emacs has to offer.
0 kommentar(er)
