Re: Thinking of Converting to EShell - Opinions?

[Kevin Rodgers]

Tennis Smith wrote:
> I've used tcsh for years. But it looks like the eshell is finally mature
> enough to be a good alternative.  Is it? Can you use it on a daily basis
> without having to switch back? Is the conversion worth the effort?

I don't know about eshell.  But if you're willing to use a shell under
Emacs, it would be worth the effort to switch to bash[1], ksh[2], or
zsh[3].  That way, you're using a shell whose interactive features are
at least as good as csh/tcsh, with the same syntax and capabilities as
a system scripting language[4][5] -- plus you have all of Emacs'
shell/comint features.

[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html
[2] http://www.kornshell.com/
[3] http://zsh.sunsite.dk/
[4] http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/
[5] http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/CshTop10.txt

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Kevin Rodgers