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Weird shell output when using IPython 5
IPython 5 has a new terminal interface, which is not compatible with Emacs' inferior shells. To fix it, add the --simple-prompt flag to the IPython command:
(setq python-shell-interpreter "ipython"
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What are all the ways of launching a shell from inside emacs and what are their various properties?
M-x shell is the standard interface to OS's shell. On linux, it calls bash (or whatever your default), on Windows, it calls cmd.exe. M-x shell is the most frequently used.
M-x eshell is a shell ...
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Emacs and command line $PATH disagreements on OSX
You can also install exec-path-from-shell package and add this to your init file:
(exec-path-from-shell-initialize)
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How can I run an async process in the background without popping up a buffer?
You can start background processes with start-process, which shouldn't pop up a buffer:
(start-process "process-name" "buffer-name" "program")
Process names are modified to avoid duplication as ...
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Tramp mode is much slower than using terminal to ssh
Turns out it was projectile that was causing the problems. As soon as I disabled projectile-mode TRAMP was buttery smooth and I began to understand the hype behind it.
Hopefully this helps out ...
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Any way to make prompts and previous-output uneditable in shell/term-mode?
comint-derived modes (like shell, ielm, ...) support filter functions, the following snippet makes the output and prompt read-only:
(setq comint-prompt-read-only t)
(defun my-comint-preoutput-turn-...
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Flush all output in shell buffer (and *Messages* too)
You can clean up the *Messages* buffer the same way you always could, with the kill-buffer command.
The next time a message is signaled, the buffer will be recreated anew.
The reason that this buffer ...
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How to prevent backspace from deleting my shell prompt?
I think you're looking for comint-prompt-read-only. E.g.
(setq comint-prompt-read-only t)
should take care of it.
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How to prevent Emacs from showing passphrase in `M-x shell`?
In Shell mode, Emacs detects password prompts based on the prompt. If it sees Password: (or Enter new password:, or Passwort:, or Wachtwoord: or a number of variations), it assumes that you're ...
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.bash_profile or .bashrc for shell in emacs?
This is the correct behaviour. .bash_profile is for so-called login shells. Like when you log in to your computer in text mode, or in a terminal emulator to a different computer via ssh or telnet or .....
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Git Bash in emacs on Windows
The ^[] noise is coming from various terminal control characters in your shell prompt. Try echo $PS1 to see the full sequence, and try e.g. export PS1='$ ' to see that a simpler prompt string removes ...
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.bash_profile or .bashrc for shell in emacs?
In addition to the points made by @pingi, you can also use a separate configuration file that will be loaded only for the emacs shell (M-x shell):
From the manual page (emacs) Interactive Shell:
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Async shell process buffer always clobbers window arrangement
Since mention that the command is running asynchronously I am assuming you mean the command async-shell-command bound to M-&. You can follow the advice in documentation of async-shell-command (you ...
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how to name buffers (*shell*)
Go to the buffer you want to rename, in your case *shell*. Then type M-x rename-buffer and enter the new name for this buffer.
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fix or workaround: "Terminal is not fully functional"
Quick answer
That's not an issue, it's a statement of fact. M-x shell isn't a fully functional terminal - it simply can't do what you want it to do. If you want a full terminal emulator in emacs, you ...
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Emacs and command line $PATH disagreements on OSX
This is an OSX annoying environment issue, the $PATH appearing in Emacs is coming from /etc/paths file, which then gets appended with whatever I've set in the shell. I added /Users/g/Library/Haskell/...
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How to make a shell command totally silent (preventing it to split window or to open a new frame/window etc)
save-window-excursion is a macro for running a piece of code without altering the window configuration. Something like this should work:
(defun my-view-pdf ()
(interactive)
(save-window-excursion
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How to make a shell command totally silent (preventing it to split window or to open a new frame/window etc)
If you just would like to spawn a process in the background you don't need all the bells an whistles that shell command functions provide.
Instead, you can use the function call-process. For example:
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Tramp mode is much slower than using terminal to ssh
I have also found the solutions on the tramp FAQ that address speeding tramp up to work pretty well.
From the page, here is what I added to my configuration:
(setq remote-file-name-inhibit-cache nil)...
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How do i change the default shell for shell-command
You need to change the option shell-file-name.
(setenv "SHELL" "/bin/bash")
This doesn't work since Emacs is already running thus it's too late, Emacs initializes shell-file-name according to ...
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Org Src Block does not return any output
Rephrasing and shortening, I guess the question is roughly: "how to obtain stderr output without changing the source block content?"
By skimming the comments section of the John Kitchin's ...
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“terminal is not fully functional” over ssh in a *shell* buffer
The "problem" is that with M-x shell (or M-x eshell btw), Emacs uses a very limited terminal emulator, so that TERM is correctly set to dumb
Fancy pagers cannot operate under such limited constraints,...
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M-x shell doesn't know about installed apps
Well, as @dshepherd mentioned, you are missing /usr/local/bin in PATH. git is working probably only because there is symlink in /bin. Try export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin in emacs terminal.
You can ...
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How can I run an async process in the background without popping up a buffer?
Like Tikhon mentioned, (start-process) is the way to go. In case you don't want to create a buffer but would still like to react to the background process status, you can also employ (set-process-...
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Difference between shell and term
shell is the oldest of the two. It uses Emacs's comint-mode to run a subshell (e.g. bash). In this mode, you're using Emacs to edit a command line. The subprocess doesn't see any input until you ...
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How to open `shell` or `eshell` in a new window or frame
The canonical way of altering the display behaviour for a buffer is to customize display-buffer-alist:
(setq display-buffer-alist '(("\\`\\*e?shell" display-buffer-pop-up-window)))
(setq display-...
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How to make a shell command totally silent (preventing it to split window or to open a new frame/window etc)
Use display-buffer-alist with the display-buffer-no-window if you're on Emacs 24.4 or later.
(setq display-buffer-alist '(("\\`\\*Async Shell Command\\*\\'" display-buffer-no-window)))
Alternatively,...
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Can emacs commands be called from a shell script?
You can run emacs --batch f htmlize-my-org --kill where htmlize-my-org is a function you've written that runs htmlize on those files.
You can also pass files on the command line, e.g. emacs --batch -...
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Org-babel invoking cmd.exe
In spite of what I wrote in the comments one can set cmd as shell in ob-sh!
The only thing to be aware of is that one needs to use cmdproxy.exe instead of cmd.exe to get the output to stdout right.
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weird characters in shell mode with zsh
The control sequences ^[[?2004h and ^[[?2004l turn bracketed paste mode on and off.
Shell mode doesn't support bracketed paste mode (with these or any other control sequences), so zsh shouldn't try ...
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