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5 @c Documentation for Eshell: The Emacs Shell. |
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26 @settitle Eshell: The Emacs Shell |
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42 @ignore |
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47 @end ignore |
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125 @menu |
35588 | 126 * What is Eshell?:: A brief introduction to the Emacs Shell. |
127 * Installation:: For users of Emacs 20 and XEmacs. | |
128 * Command basics:: The basics of command usage. | |
129 * Commands:: | |
130 * Arguments:: | |
131 * Input/Output:: | |
132 * Process control:: | |
133 * Extension modules:: | |
134 * Extras and Goodies:: | |
135 * Bugs and ideas:: Known problems, and future ideas. | |
136 * Concept Index:: | |
137 * Function and Variable Index:: | |
138 * Key Index:: | |
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33020 | 148 portable as Emacs itself. It also means that cooperation with Lisp code |
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430 @chapter Basic overview | |
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35588 | 432 A command shell is a means of entering verbally-formed commands. This |
433 is really all that it does, and every feature described in this manual | |
434 is a means to that end. Therefore, it's important to take firm hold on | |
435 exactly what a command is, and how it fits in the overall picture of | |
436 things. | |
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439 * Commands verbs:: Commands always begin with a verb. | |
440 * Command arguments:: Some verbs require arguments. | |
441 @end menu | |
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444 @section Commands verbs | |
445 | |
446 Commands are expressed using @dfn{script}, a special shorthand language | |
35588 | 447 computers can understand with no trouble. Script is an extremely simple |
448 language; oddly enough, this is what makes it look so complicated! | |
449 Whereas normal languages use a variety of embellishments, the form of a | |
450 script command is always: | |
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457 number of verbs, although this number is usually quite large. On the | |
458 author's computer, it reaches almost 1400 in number. But of course, | |
459 only a handful of these are really necessary. | |
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35588 | 462 word, usually related to the task it performs. @command{reboot} is a |
36508 | 463 good example. Entering that on GNU/Linux will reboot the |
464 computer---assuming you have sufficient privileges. | |
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467 verbs, and must be told specifically what to do. The extra information | |
468 is given in the form of @dfn{arguments}. For example, the | |
469 @command{echo} verb prints back whatever arguments you type. It | |
470 requires these arguments to know what to echo. A proper use of | |
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481 @command{echo}, arguments may have a wide variety of forms. There are | |
482 textual arguments, numerical arguments---even Lisp arguments. | |
483 Distinguishing these different types of arguments requires special | |
484 typing, for the computer to know exactly what you mean. | |
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33020 | 486 @node Command arguments, , Commands verbs, Command basics |
487 @section Command arguments | |
488 | |
35588 | 489 Eshell recognizes several different kinds of command arguments: |
490 | |
491 @enumerate | |
492 @item Strings (also called textual arguments) | |
493 @item Numbers (floating point or integer) | |
494 @item Lisp lists | |
495 @item Lisp symbols | |
496 @item Emacs buffers | |
497 @item Emacs process handles | |
498 @end enumerate | |
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508 Here is a more complicated @command{echo} example: | |
509 | |
510 @example | |
36508 | 511 echo A\ Multi-word\ Argument\ With\ A\ \$\ dollar |
35588 | 512 @end example |
513 | |
514 Beyond this, things get a bit more complicated. While not beyond the | |
515 reach of someone wishing to learn, it is definitely beyond the scope of | |
516 this manual to present it all in a simplistic manner. Get comfortable | |
517 with Eshell as a basic command invocation tool, and learn more about the | |
518 commands on your system; then come back when it all sits more familiarly | |
519 on your mind. Have fun! | |
520 | |
521 @node Commands, Arguments, Command basics, Top | |
522 @chapter Commands | |
523 | |
524 @menu | |
525 * Invocation:: | |
526 * Completion:: | |
527 * Aliases:: | |
528 * History:: | |
529 * Scripts:: | |
530 @end menu | |
531 | |
532 @node Invocation, Completion, Commands, Commands | |
533 @section Invocation | |
534 | |
535 @node Completion, Aliases, Invocation, Commands | |
536 @section Completion | |
537 | |
538 @node Aliases, History, Completion, Commands | |
539 @section Aliases | |
540 | |
541 @node History, Scripts, Aliases, Commands | |
542 @section History | |
543 | |
544 @node Scripts, , History, Commands | |
545 @section Scripts | |
546 | |
547 | |
548 @node Arguments, Input/Output, Commands, Top | |
549 @chapter Arguments | |
550 | |
551 @menu | |
552 * The Parser:: | |
553 * Variables:: | |
554 * Substitution:: | |
555 * Globbing:: | |
556 * Predicates:: | |
557 @end menu | |
558 | |
559 @node The Parser, Variables, Arguments, Arguments | |
560 @section The Parser | |
561 | |
562 @node Variables, Substitution, The Parser, Arguments | |
563 @section Variables | |
564 | |
565 @node Substitution, Globbing, Variables, Arguments | |
566 @section Substitution | |
567 | |
568 @node Globbing, Predicates, Substitution, Arguments | |
569 @section Globbing | |
570 | |
571 @node Predicates, , Globbing, Arguments | |
572 @section Predicates | |
573 | |
574 | |
575 @node Input/Output, Process control, Arguments, Top | |
576 @chapter Input/Output | |
577 | |
578 @node Process control, Extension modules, Input/Output, Top | |
579 @chapter Process control | |
580 | |
581 | |
582 @node Extension modules, Extras and Goodies, Process control, Top | |
583 @chapter Extension modules | |
584 | |
585 @menu | |
586 * Writing a module:: | |
587 * Module testing:: | |
588 * Directory handling:: | |
589 * Key rebinding:: | |
590 * Smart scrolling:: | |
591 * Terminal emulation:: | |
592 * Built-in UNIX commands:: | |
593 @end menu | |
594 | |
595 @node Writing a module, Module testing, Extension modules, Extension modules | |
596 @section Writing a module | |
597 | |
598 @node Module testing, Directory handling, Writing a module, Extension modules | |
599 @section Module testing | |
600 | |
601 @node Directory handling, Key rebinding, Module testing, Extension modules | |
602 @section Directory handling | |
603 | |
604 @node Key rebinding, Smart scrolling, Directory handling, Extension modules | |
605 @section Key rebinding | |
606 | |
607 @node Smart scrolling, Terminal emulation, Key rebinding, Extension modules | |
608 @section Smart scrolling | |
609 | |
610 @node Terminal emulation, Built-in UNIX commands, Smart scrolling, Extension modules | |
611 @section Terminal emulation | |
612 | |
613 @node Built-in UNIX commands, , Terminal emulation, Extension modules | |
614 @section Built-in UNIX commands | |
615 | |
616 | |
617 @node Extras and Goodies, Bugs and ideas, Extension modules, Top | |
618 @chapter Extras and Goodies | |
619 | |
620 @node Bugs and ideas, Concept Index, Extras and Goodies, Top | |
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33020 | 721 See the above entry. |
722 | |
35588 | 723 @item Problem running @command{less} without arguments on Windows |
33020 | 724 |
725 The result in the Eshell buffer is: | |
726 | |
727 @example | |
728 Spawning child process: invalid argument | |
729 @end example | |
730 | |
731 Also a new @command{less} buffer was created with nothing in it@dots{} | |
732 (presumably this holds the output of @command{less}). | |
733 | |
734 If @command{less.exe} is invoked from the Eshell command line, the | |
735 expected output is written to the buffer. | |
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741 @item Implement @samp{-r}, @samp{-n} and @samp{-s} switches for @command{cp} | |
742 | |
743 @item Make @kbd{M-5 M-x eshell} switch to ``*eshell<5>*'', creating if need be | |
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33020 | 746 |
747 This is because the tar option --remove-files doesn't do so. Should it | |
748 be Eshell's job? | |
749 | |
750 @item Bind @code{standard-output} and @code{standard-error} | |
751 | |
752 This would be so that if a Lisp function calls @code{print}, everything | |
753 will happen as it should (albeit slowly). | |
754 | |
755 @item When an extension module fails to load, @samp{cd /} gives a Lisp error | |
756 | |
757 @item If a globbing pattern returns one match, should it be a list? | |
758 | |
759 @item Make sure syntax table is correct in Eshell mode | |
760 | |
761 So that @kbd{M-DEL} acts in a predictable manner, etc. | |
762 | |
763 @item Allow all Eshell buffers to share the same history and list-dir | |
764 | |
765 @item There is a problem with script commands that output to @file{/dev/null} | |
766 | |
767 If a script file, somewhere in the middle, uses @samp{> /dev/null}, | |
768 output from all subsequent commands is swallowed. | |
769 | |
770 @item Split up parsing of text after @samp{$} in @file{esh-var.el} | |
771 | |
772 Make it similar to the way that @file{esh-arg.el} is structured. | |
773 Then add parsing of @samp{$[?\n]}. | |
774 | |
775 @item After pressing @kbd{M-RET}, redisplay before running the next command | |
776 | |
777 @item Argument predicates and modifiers should work anywhere in a path | |
778 | |
779 @example | |
780 /usr/local/src/editors/vim $ vi **/CVS(/)/Root(.) | |
781 Invalid regexp: "Unmatched ( or \\(" | |
782 @end example | |
783 | |
784 With @command{zsh}, the glob above expands to all files named | |
785 @file{Root} in directories named @file{CVS}. | |
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789 Perhaps it should interpolate all permutations, and make that the | |
790 globbing result, since otherwise hitting return here will result in | |
791 ``(list of filenames)/bin'', which is never valuable. Thus, one could | |
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33020 | 793 In that case, having an alias command name @command{glob} for |
794 @command{identity} would be useful. | |
795 | |
796 @item Once symbolic mode is supported for @command{umask}, implement @command{chmod} in Lisp | |
797 | |
798 @item Create @code{eshell-expand-file-name} | |
799 | |
800 This would use a data table to transform things such as @samp{~+}, | |
801 @samp{...}, etc. | |
802 | |
803 @item Abstract @file{em-smart.el} into @file{smart-scroll.el} | |
804 | |
805 It only really needs: to be hooked onto the output filter and the | |
806 pre-command hook, and to have the input-end and input-start markers. | |
36508 | 807 And to know whether the last output group was ``successful.'' |
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809 @item Allow for fully persisting the state of Eshell | |
810 | |
811 This would include: variables, history, buffer, input, dir stack, etc. | |
812 | |
813 @item Implement D as an argument predicate | |
814 | |
815 It means that files beginning with a dot should be included in the | |
816 glob match. | |
817 | |
818 @item A comma in a predicate list should mean OR | |
819 | |
820 At the moment, this is not supported. | |
821 | |
822 @item Error if a glob doesn't expand due to a predicate | |
823 | |
824 An error should be generated only if @code{eshell-error-if-no-glob} is | |
825 non-nil. | |
826 | |
827 @item @samp{(+ RET SPC TAB} does not cause @code{indent-according-to-mode} to occur | |
828 | |
829 @item Create @code{eshell-auto-accumulate-list} | |
830 | |
831 This is a list of commands for which, if the user presses @kbd{RET}, the | |
832 text is staged as the next Eshell command, rather than being sent to the | |
833 current interactive process. | |
834 | |
835 @item Display file and line number if an error occurs in a script | |
836 | |
837 @item @command{wait} doesn't work with process ids at the moment | |
838 | |
839 @item Enable the direct-to-process input code in @file{em-term.el} | |
840 | |
841 @item Problem with repeating @samp{echo $@{find /tmp@}} | |
842 | |
843 With smart display active, if @kbd{RET} is held down, after a while it | |
844 can't keep up anymore and starts outputting blank lines. It only | |
845 happens if an asynchronous process is involved@dots{} | |
846 | |
847 I think the problem is that @code{eshell-send-input} is resetting the | |
848 input target location, so that if the asynchronous process is not done | |
849 by the time the next @kbd{RET} is received, the input processor thinks | |
850 that the input is meant for the process; which, when smart display is | |
851 enabled, will be the text of the last command line! That is a bug in | |
852 itself. | |
853 | |
854 In holding down @kbd{RET} while an asynchronous process is running, | |
855 there will be a point in between termination of the process, and the | |
856 running of @code{eshell-post-command-hook}, which would cause | |
857 @code{eshell-send-input} to call @code{eshell-copy-old-input}, and then | |
858 process that text as a command to be run after the process. Perhaps | |
859 there should be a way of killing pending input between the death of the | |
860 process, and the @code{post-command-hook}. | |
861 | |
862 @item Allow for a more aggressive smart display mode | |
863 | |
864 Perhaps toggled by a command, that makes each output block a smart | |
865 display block. | |
866 | |
867 @item Create more meta variables | |
868 | |
869 @table @samp | |
870 @item $! | |
871 The reason for the failure of the last disk command, or the text of the | |
872 last Lisp error. | |
873 | |
874 @item $= | |
875 A special associate array, which can take references of the form | |
876 @samp{$=[REGEXP]}. It indexes into the directory ring. | |
877 @end table | |
878 | |
879 @item Eshell scripts can't execute in the background | |
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883 @item Write an @command{info} alias that can take arguments | |
884 | |
885 So that the user can enter @samp{info chmod}, for example. | |
886 | |
887 @item Create a mode @code{eshell-browse} | |
888 | |
889 It would treat the Eshell buffer as a outline. Collapsing the outline | |
890 hides all of the output text. Collapsing again would show only the | |
891 first command run in each directory | |
892 | |
893 @item Allow other revisions of a file to be referenced using @samp{file@{rev@}} | |
894 | |
895 This would be expanded by @code{eshell-expand-file-name} (see above). | |
896 | |
897 @item Print ``You have new mail'' when the ``Mail'' icon is turned on | |
898 | |
899 @item Implement @kbd{M-|} for Eshell | |
900 | |
901 @item Implement input redirection | |
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904 way@dots{}). If input redirection is added, also update the | |
905 @code{file-name-quote-list}, and the delimiter list. | |
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909 With the handling of @emph{word} specified by an | |
910 @code{eshell-special-alist}. | |
911 | |
35588 | 912 @item In @code{eshell-veal-using-options}, allow a @code{:complete} tag |
33020 | 913 |
914 It would be used to provide completion rules for that command. Then the | |
915 macro will automagically define the completion function. | |
916 | |
917 @item For @code{eshell-command-on-region}, apply redirections to the result | |
918 | |
919 So that @samp{+ > 'blah} would cause the result of the @code{+} (using | |
920 input from the current region) to be inserting into the symbol | |
921 @code{blah}. | |
922 | |
923 If an external command is being invoked, the input is sent as standard | |
924 input, as if a @samp{cat <region> |} had been invoked. | |
925 | |
926 If a Lisp command, or an alias, is invoked, then if the line has no | |
927 newline characters, it is divided by whitespace and passed as arguments | |
928 to the Lisp function. Otherwise, it is divided at the newline | |
929 characters. Thus, invoking @code{+} on a series of numbers will add | |
930 them; @code{min} would display the smallest figure, etc. | |
931 | |
932 @item Write @code{eshell-script-mode} as a minor mode | |
933 | |
934 It would provide syntax, abbrev, highlighting and indenting support like | |
935 @code{emacs-lisp-mode} and @code{shell-mode}. | |
936 | |
937 @item In the history mechanism, finish the @command{bash}-style support | |
938 | |
939 This means @samp{!n}, @samp{!#}, @samp{!:%}, and @samp{!:1-} as separate | |
940 from @samp{!:1*}. | |
941 | |
942 @item Support the -n command line option for @command{history} | |
943 | |
944 @item Implement @command{fc} in Lisp | |
945 | |
946 @item Specifying a frame as a redirection target should imply the currently active window's buffer | |
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950 This would allow for an ``output translators'', that take a function to | |
951 modify output with, and a target. Devise a syntax that works well with | |
952 pipes, and can accomodate multiple functions (i.e., @samp{>'(upcase | |
953 regexp-quote)} or @samp{>'upcase}). | |
954 | |
955 @item Allow Eshell to read/write to/from standard input and output | |
956 | |
957 This would be optional, rather than always using the Eshell buffer. | |
958 This would allow it to be run from the command line (perhaps). | |
959 | |
960 @item Write a @command{help} command | |
961 | |
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969 @item Implement @command{bg} and @command{fg} as editors of @code{eshell-process-list} | |
970 | |
971 Using @command{bg} on a process that is already in the background does | |
972 nothing. Specifying redirection targets replaces (or adds) to the list | |
973 current being used. | |
974 | |
975 @item Have @command{jobs} print only the processes for the current shell | |
976 | |
977 @item How can Eshell learn if a background process has requested input? | |
978 | |
979 @item Support @samp{2>&1} and @samp{>&} and @samp{2>} and @samp{|&} | |
980 | |
981 The syntax table for parsing these should be customizable, such that the | |
982 user could change it to use rc syntax: @samp{>[2=1]}. | |
983 | |
984 @item Allow @samp{$_[-1]}, which would indicate the last element of the array | |
985 | |
986 @item Make @samp{$x[*]} equal to listing out the full contents of @samp{x} | |
987 | |
988 Return them as a list, so that @samp{$_[*]} is all the arguments of the | |
989 last command. | |
990 | |
991 @item Copy ANSI code handling from @file{term.el} into @file{em-term.el} | |
992 | |
993 Make it possible for the user to send char-by-char to the underlying | |
994 process. Ultimately, I should be able to move away from using term.el | |
995 altogether, since everything but the ANSI code handling is already part | |
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1000 @item Make the shell spawning commands be visual | |
1001 | |
1002 That is, make (@command{su}, @command{bash}, @command{telnet}, | |
1003 @command{rlogin}, @command{rsh}, etc.) be part of | |
1004 @code{eshell-visual-commands}. The only exception is if the shell is | |
1005 being used to invoke a single command. Then, the behavior should be | |
1006 based on what that command is. | |
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1010 This would search for some way to open its argument (similar to opening | |
1011 a file in the Windows Explorer). | |
1012 | |
1013 @item Alias @command{read} to be the same as @command{open}, only read-only | |
1014 | |
1015 @item Write a @command{tail} command which uses @code{view-file} | |
1016 | |
1017 It would move point to the end of the buffer, and then turns on | |
1018 auto-revert mode in that buffer at frequent intervals---and a | |
1019 @command{head} alias which assums an upper limit of | |
1020 @code{eshell-maximum-line-length} characters per line. | |
1021 | |
1022 @item Make @command{dgrep} load @code{dired}, mark everything, then invoke @code{dired-do-search} | |
1023 | |
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1026 This would run Emacs with the appropriate arguments to invoke Eshell | |
1027 only. That way, it could be listed as a login shell. | |
1028 | |
1029 @item Use an intangible @code{PS2} string for multi-line input prompts | |
1030 | |
1031 @item Auto-detect when a command is visual, by checking @code{TERMCAP} usage | |
1032 | |
1033 @item The first keypress after @kbd{M-x watson} triggers `eshell-send-input' | |
1034 | |
1035 @item Make @kbd{/} electric | |
1036 | |
1037 So that it automatically expands and corrects pathnames. Or make | |
1038 pathname completion for Pcomplete auto-expand @samp{/u/i/std<TAB>} to | |
1039 @samp{/usr/include/std<TAB>}. | |
1040 | |
1041 @item Write the @command{pushd} stack to disk along with @code{last-dir-ring} | |
1042 | |
1043 @item Add options to @code{eshell/cat} which would allow it to sort and uniq | |
1044 | |
1045 @item Implement @command{wc} in Lisp | |
1046 | |
1047 Add support for counting sentences, paragraphs, pages, etc. | |
1048 | |
1049 @item Once piping is added, implement @command{sort} and @command{uniq} in Lisp | |
1050 | |
1051 @item Implement @command{touch} in Lisp | |
1052 | |
1053 @item Implement @command{comm} in Lisp | |
1054 | |
1055 @item Implement an @command{epatch} command in Lisp | |
1056 | |
1057 This would call @code{ediff-patch-file}, or @code{ediff-patch-buffer}, | |
1058 depending on its argument. | |
1059 | |
1060 @item Have an option such that @samp{ls -l} generates a dired buffer | |
1061 | |
1062 @item Write a version of @command{xargs} based on command rewriting | |
1063 | |
1064 That is, @samp{find X | xargs Y} would be indicated using @samp{Y | |
1065 $@{find X@}}. Maybe @code{eshell-do-pipelines} could be changed to | |
1066 perform this on-thy-fly rewriting. | |
1067 | |
1068 @item Write an alias for @command{less} that brings up a @code{view-mode} buffer | |
1069 | |
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1072 @samp{X > #<buffer Y>; view-buffer #<buffer Y>}. | |
1073 | |
1074 @item Make @code{eshell-mode} as much a full citizen as @code{shell-mode} | |
1075 | |
1076 Everywhere in Emacs where @code{shell-mode} is specially noticed, add | |
1077 @code{eshell-mode} there. | |
1078 | |
1079 @item Permit the umask to be selectively set on a @command{cp} target | |
1080 | |
1081 @item Problem using @kbd{M-x eshell} after using @code{eshell-command} | |
1082 | |
1083 If the first thing that I do after entering Emacs is to run | |
1084 @code{eshell-command} and invoke @command{ls}, and then use @kbd{M-x | |
1085 eshell}, it doesn't display anything. | |
1086 | |
1087 @item @kbd{M-RET} during a long command (using smart display) doesn't work | |
1088 | |
1089 Since it keeps the cursor up where the command was invoked. | |
1090 | |
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