RE: [h-e-w] Starting a second shell

[Nascif Abousalh-Neto]

I used to manually rename the buffer as well, but I think it is faster to use the rename-uniquely command:

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<f12> runs the command rename-uniquely
   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `files'.
(rename-uniquely)

Rename current buffer to a similar name not already taken.
This function is useful for creating multiple shell process buffers
or multiple mail buffers, etc.
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In my .emacs I have:

(global-set-key [f12] 'rename-uniquely)

There is also a package called fshell (by Noah Friedman) that provides an elegant solution to this problem. You can get it at ftp://ftp.splode.com/pub/users/friedman/emacs-lisp/fshell.el or http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/338/1995/4/0/1877213/

Regards,
        Nascif Abousalh-Neto

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> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 1:04 PM
> To: Joe Riel
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> Subject: Re: [h-e-w] Starting a second shell
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> >>>>> "joe" == Joe Riel <address@hidden> writes:
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> joe> How do I start a second shell in NTemacs?  M-x shell
> brings up an existing shell.
> joe> Joe Riel
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> In my experience, M-x shell looks for a buffer named
> "*shell*" and just
> switches to it if it exists.  What I've done is just rename the
> "*shell*" buffer to another name, then M-x shell again.
>
> ...cj
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