setup shell to default eshell

Question

I am new to Spacemacs and eshell.

I try to open eshell via the default shortcut key SPC ' but it opens the bash shell:

[wolfv@localhost ~]
$ message "hello"
bash: message: command not found...

I was expecting the eshell.

However, SPC a s e opens eshell as expected:

~ λ message "hello"
hello

I followed the install instructions on https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/tree/master/layers/%2Btools/shell#default-shell

My ~/.spacemacs file has the following lines in dotspacemacs-configuration-layers:

 shell
 (shell :variables
        shell-default-height 30
        shell-default-position 'bottom)

and the following lines in defun dotspacemacs/user-config ():

(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
          '((shell :variables shell-default-shell 'eshell)))

UPDATE

I found the problem by trouble shooting, but don't know how to fix it.

After restarting Spacemacs, shell-default-shell help says:

shell-default-shell is a variable defined in ‘config.el’. Its value is ‘ansi-term’

I was expecting its value to be ‘eshell’.

Apparently the above mentioned defun dotspacemacs/user-config () entry did not work.

How to make shell-default-shell value be ‘eshell’?

Answer 1

option 1: (better)
edit .spacemacs:
inside:
(defun dotspacemacs/user-load ())
and:
(setq shell-default-shell 'eshell)

option 2:

You can try go directly into $HOME/.emacs.d/layers/+tools/shell/config.el and edit last points:

(defvar shell-default-shell (if (eq window-system 'w32)
                                'eshell
                              'ansi-term)

into:

'eshell
'eshell)

and after this, add into .gitignore: ./layers/+tools/shell/config.el