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35 @direntry |
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36 * Eshell: (eshell). A command shell implemented in Emacs Lisp. |
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117 script, instead of telling the computer, ``list my files, please'', | |
118 one writes a standard abbreviated command word---@samp{ls}. Typing | |
119 @samp{ls} in a command shell is a script way of telling the computer | |
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125 want them sorted by name, sorted by date, in reverse order, or grouped | |
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128 criteria? In very complex and specific situations, the request becomes | |
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396 * Commands verbs:: Commands always begin with a verb. | |
397 * Command arguments:: Some verbs require arguments. | |
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405 language; oddly enough, this is what makes it look so complicated! | |
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424 verbs, and must be told specifically what to do. The extra information | |
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439 textual arguments, numerical arguments---even Lisp arguments. | |
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443 @node Command arguments |
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445 | |
35588 | 446 Eshell recognizes several different kinds of command arguments: |
447 | |
448 @enumerate | |
449 @item Strings (also called textual arguments) | |
450 @item Numbers (floating point or integer) | |
451 @item Lisp lists | |
452 @item Lisp symbols | |
453 @item Emacs buffers | |
454 @item Emacs process handles | |
455 @end enumerate | |
456 | |
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457 Most users need to worry only about the first two. The third, Lisp lists, |
35588 | 458 occur very frequently, but almost always behind the scenes. |
459 | |
460 Strings are the most common type of argument, and consist of nearly any | |
461 character. Special characters---those used by Eshell | |
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463 is safe to add backslashes anywhere and everywhere. |
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465 Here is a more complicated @command{echo} example: | |
466 | |
467 @example | |
36508 | 468 echo A\ Multi-word\ Argument\ With\ A\ \$\ dollar |
35588 | 469 @end example |
470 | |
471 Beyond this, things get a bit more complicated. While not beyond the | |
472 reach of someone wishing to learn, it is definitely beyond the scope of | |
473 this manual to present it all in a simplistic manner. Get comfortable | |
474 with Eshell as a basic command invocation tool, and learn more about the | |
475 commands on your system; then come back when it all sits more familiarly | |
476 on your mind. Have fun! | |
477 | |
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481 @menu | |
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487 * Built-ins:: |
35588 | 488 @end menu |
489 | |
37283 | 490 Essentially, a command shell is all about invoking commands---and |
491 everything that entails. So understanding how Eshell invokes commands | |
492 is the key to comprehending how it all works. | |
493 | |
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494 @node Invocation |
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496 | |
37283 | 497 Unlike regular system shells, Eshell never invokes kernel functions |
498 directly, such as @code{exec(3)}. Instead, it uses the Lisp functions | |
499 available in the Emacs Lisp library. It does this by transforming the | |
500 command you specify into a callable Lisp form.@footnote{To see the Lisp | |
501 form that will be invoked, type: @samp{eshell-parse-command "echo | |
502 hello"}} | |
503 | |
504 This transformation, from the string of text typed at the command | |
505 prompt, to the ultimate invocation of either a Lisp function or external | |
506 command, follows these steps: | |
507 | |
508 @enumerate | |
509 @item Parse the command string into separate arguments. | |
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512 | |
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533 current working directory from before the last @code{cd} command). |
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537 @node Scripts |
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539 | |
540 | |
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550 This command changes the current working directory. Usually, it is |
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551 invoked as @samp{cd foo} where @file{foo} is the new working |
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552 directory. But @code{cd} knows about a few special arguments: |
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554 When it receives no argument at all, it changes to the home directory. |
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556 Giving the command @samp{cd -} changes back to the previous working |
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557 directory (this is the same as @samp{cd $-}). |
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574 @menu | |
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748 The result in the Eshell buffer is: | |
749 | |
750 @example | |
751 Spawning child process: invalid argument | |
752 @end example | |
753 | |
754 Also a new @command{less} buffer was created with nothing in it@dots{} | |
755 (presumably this holds the output of @command{less}). | |
756 | |
757 If @command{less.exe} is invoked from the Eshell command line, the | |
758 expected output is written to the buffer. | |
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764 @item Implement @samp{-r}, @samp{-n} and @samp{-s} switches for @command{cp} | |
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766 @item Make @kbd{M-5 M-x eshell} switch to ``*eshell<5>*'', creating if need be | |
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770 This is because the tar option --remove-files doesn't do so. Should it | |
771 be Eshell's job? | |
772 | |
773 @item Bind @code{standard-output} and @code{standard-error} | |
774 | |
775 This would be so that if a Lisp function calls @code{print}, everything | |
776 will happen as it should (albeit slowly). | |
777 | |
778 @item When an extension module fails to load, @samp{cd /} gives a Lisp error | |
779 | |
780 @item If a globbing pattern returns one match, should it be a list? | |
781 | |
782 @item Make sure syntax table is correct in Eshell mode | |
783 | |
784 So that @kbd{M-DEL} acts in a predictable manner, etc. | |
785 | |
786 @item Allow all Eshell buffers to share the same history and list-dir | |
787 | |
788 @item There is a problem with script commands that output to @file{/dev/null} | |
789 | |
790 If a script file, somewhere in the middle, uses @samp{> /dev/null}, | |
791 output from all subsequent commands is swallowed. | |
792 | |
793 @item Split up parsing of text after @samp{$} in @file{esh-var.el} | |
794 | |
795 Make it similar to the way that @file{esh-arg.el} is structured. | |
796 Then add parsing of @samp{$[?\n]}. | |
797 | |
798 @item After pressing @kbd{M-RET}, redisplay before running the next command | |
799 | |
800 @item Argument predicates and modifiers should work anywhere in a path | |
801 | |
802 @example | |
803 /usr/local/src/editors/vim $ vi **/CVS(/)/Root(.) | |
804 Invalid regexp: "Unmatched ( or \\(" | |
805 @end example | |
806 | |
807 With @command{zsh}, the glob above expands to all files named | |
808 @file{Root} in directories named @file{CVS}. | |
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812 Perhaps it should interpolate all permutations, and make that the | |
813 globbing result, since otherwise hitting return here will result in | |
814 ``(list of filenames)/bin'', which is never valuable. Thus, one could | |
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817 @command{identity} would be useful. | |
818 | |
819 @item Once symbolic mode is supported for @command{umask}, implement @command{chmod} in Lisp | |
820 | |
821 @item Create @code{eshell-expand-file-name} | |
822 | |
823 This would use a data table to transform things such as @samp{~+}, | |
824 @samp{...}, etc. | |
825 | |
826 @item Abstract @file{em-smart.el} into @file{smart-scroll.el} | |
827 | |
828 It only really needs: to be hooked onto the output filter and the | |
829 pre-command hook, and to have the input-end and input-start markers. | |
36508 | 830 And to know whether the last output group was ``successful.'' |
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832 @item Allow for fully persisting the state of Eshell | |
833 | |
834 This would include: variables, history, buffer, input, dir stack, etc. | |
835 | |
836 @item Implement D as an argument predicate | |
837 | |
838 It means that files beginning with a dot should be included in the | |
839 glob match. | |
840 | |
841 @item A comma in a predicate list should mean OR | |
842 | |
843 At the moment, this is not supported. | |
844 | |
845 @item Error if a glob doesn't expand due to a predicate | |
846 | |
847 An error should be generated only if @code{eshell-error-if-no-glob} is | |
848 non-nil. | |
849 | |
850 @item @samp{(+ RET SPC TAB} does not cause @code{indent-according-to-mode} to occur | |
851 | |
852 @item Create @code{eshell-auto-accumulate-list} | |
853 | |
854 This is a list of commands for which, if the user presses @kbd{RET}, the | |
855 text is staged as the next Eshell command, rather than being sent to the | |
856 current interactive process. | |
857 | |
858 @item Display file and line number if an error occurs in a script | |
859 | |
860 @item @command{wait} doesn't work with process ids at the moment | |
861 | |
862 @item Enable the direct-to-process input code in @file{em-term.el} | |
863 | |
864 @item Problem with repeating @samp{echo $@{find /tmp@}} | |
865 | |
866 With smart display active, if @kbd{RET} is held down, after a while it | |
867 can't keep up anymore and starts outputting blank lines. It only | |
868 happens if an asynchronous process is involved@dots{} | |
869 | |
870 I think the problem is that @code{eshell-send-input} is resetting the | |
871 input target location, so that if the asynchronous process is not done | |
872 by the time the next @kbd{RET} is received, the input processor thinks | |
873 that the input is meant for the process; which, when smart display is | |
874 enabled, will be the text of the last command line! That is a bug in | |
875 itself. | |
876 | |
877 In holding down @kbd{RET} while an asynchronous process is running, | |
878 there will be a point in between termination of the process, and the | |
879 running of @code{eshell-post-command-hook}, which would cause | |
880 @code{eshell-send-input} to call @code{eshell-copy-old-input}, and then | |
881 process that text as a command to be run after the process. Perhaps | |
882 there should be a way of killing pending input between the death of the | |
883 process, and the @code{post-command-hook}. | |
884 | |
885 @item Allow for a more aggressive smart display mode | |
886 | |
887 Perhaps toggled by a command, that makes each output block a smart | |
888 display block. | |
889 | |
890 @item Create more meta variables | |
891 | |
892 @table @samp | |
893 @item $! | |
894 The reason for the failure of the last disk command, or the text of the | |
895 last Lisp error. | |
896 | |
897 @item $= | |
898 A special associate array, which can take references of the form | |
899 @samp{$=[REGEXP]}. It indexes into the directory ring. | |
900 @end table | |
901 | |
902 @item Eshell scripts can't execute in the background | |
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906 @item Write an @command{info} alias that can take arguments | |
907 | |
908 So that the user can enter @samp{info chmod}, for example. | |
909 | |
910 @item Create a mode @code{eshell-browse} | |
911 | |
912 It would treat the Eshell buffer as a outline. Collapsing the outline | |
913 hides all of the output text. Collapsing again would show only the | |
914 first command run in each directory | |
915 | |
916 @item Allow other revisions of a file to be referenced using @samp{file@{rev@}} | |
917 | |
918 This would be expanded by @code{eshell-expand-file-name} (see above). | |
919 | |
920 @item Print ``You have new mail'' when the ``Mail'' icon is turned on | |
921 | |
922 @item Implement @kbd{M-|} for Eshell | |
923 | |
924 @item Implement input redirection | |
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927 way@dots{}). If input redirection is added, also update the | |
928 @code{file-name-quote-list}, and the delimiter list. | |
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33020 | 931 |
932 With the handling of @emph{word} specified by an | |
933 @code{eshell-special-alist}. | |
934 | |
35588 | 935 @item In @code{eshell-veal-using-options}, allow a @code{:complete} tag |
33020 | 936 |
937 It would be used to provide completion rules for that command. Then the | |
938 macro will automagically define the completion function. | |
939 | |
940 @item For @code{eshell-command-on-region}, apply redirections to the result | |
941 | |
942 So that @samp{+ > 'blah} would cause the result of the @code{+} (using | |
943 input from the current region) to be inserting into the symbol | |
944 @code{blah}. | |
945 | |
946 If an external command is being invoked, the input is sent as standard | |
947 input, as if a @samp{cat <region> |} had been invoked. | |
948 | |
949 If a Lisp command, or an alias, is invoked, then if the line has no | |
950 newline characters, it is divided by whitespace and passed as arguments | |
951 to the Lisp function. Otherwise, it is divided at the newline | |
952 characters. Thus, invoking @code{+} on a series of numbers will add | |
953 them; @code{min} would display the smallest figure, etc. | |
954 | |
955 @item Write @code{eshell-script-mode} as a minor mode | |
956 | |
957 It would provide syntax, abbrev, highlighting and indenting support like | |
958 @code{emacs-lisp-mode} and @code{shell-mode}. | |
959 | |
960 @item In the history mechanism, finish the @command{bash}-style support | |
961 | |
962 This means @samp{!n}, @samp{!#}, @samp{!:%}, and @samp{!:1-} as separate | |
963 from @samp{!:1*}. | |
964 | |
965 @item Support the -n command line option for @command{history} | |
966 | |
967 @item Implement @command{fc} in Lisp | |
968 | |
969 @item Specifying a frame as a redirection target should imply the currently active window's buffer | |
970 | |
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973 This would allow for an ``output translators'', that take a function to | |
974 modify output with, and a target. Devise a syntax that works well with | |
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33020 | 976 regexp-quote)} or @samp{>'upcase}). |
977 | |
978 @item Allow Eshell to read/write to/from standard input and output | |
979 | |
980 This would be optional, rather than always using the Eshell buffer. | |
981 This would allow it to be run from the command line (perhaps). | |
982 | |
983 @item Write a @command{help} command | |
984 | |
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33020 | 987 |
988 @item Implement @command{stty} in Lisp | |
989 | |
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990 @item Support @command{rc}'s matching operator, e.g. @samp{~ (@var{list}) @var{regexp}} |
33020 | 991 |
992 @item Implement @command{bg} and @command{fg} as editors of @code{eshell-process-list} | |
993 | |
994 Using @command{bg} on a process that is already in the background does | |
995 nothing. Specifying redirection targets replaces (or adds) to the list | |
996 current being used. | |
997 | |
998 @item Have @command{jobs} print only the processes for the current shell | |
999 | |
1000 @item How can Eshell learn if a background process has requested input? | |
1001 | |
1002 @item Support @samp{2>&1} and @samp{>&} and @samp{2>} and @samp{|&} | |
1003 | |
1004 The syntax table for parsing these should be customizable, such that the | |
1005 user could change it to use rc syntax: @samp{>[2=1]}. | |
1006 | |
1007 @item Allow @samp{$_[-1]}, which would indicate the last element of the array | |
1008 | |
1009 @item Make @samp{$x[*]} equal to listing out the full contents of @samp{x} | |
1010 | |
1011 Return them as a list, so that @samp{$_[*]} is all the arguments of the | |
1012 last command. | |
1013 | |
1014 @item Copy ANSI code handling from @file{term.el} into @file{em-term.el} | |
1015 | |
1016 Make it possible for the user to send char-by-char to the underlying | |
1017 process. Ultimately, I should be able to move away from using term.el | |
1018 altogether, since everything but the ANSI code handling is already part | |
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1023 @item Make the shell spawning commands be visual | |
1024 | |
1025 That is, make (@command{su}, @command{bash}, @command{telnet}, | |
1026 @command{rlogin}, @command{rsh}, etc.) be part of | |
1027 @code{eshell-visual-commands}. The only exception is if the shell is | |
1028 being used to invoke a single command. Then, the behavior should be | |
1029 based on what that command is. | |
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1033 This would search for some way to open its argument (similar to opening | |
1034 a file in the Windows Explorer). | |
1035 | |
1036 @item Alias @command{read} to be the same as @command{open}, only read-only | |
1037 | |
1038 @item Write a @command{tail} command which uses @code{view-file} | |
1039 | |
1040 It would move point to the end of the buffer, and then turns on | |
1041 auto-revert mode in that buffer at frequent intervals---and a | |
1042 @command{head} alias which assums an upper limit of | |
1043 @code{eshell-maximum-line-length} characters per line. | |
1044 | |
1045 @item Make @command{dgrep} load @code{dired}, mark everything, then invoke @code{dired-do-search} | |
1046 | |
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1049 This would run Emacs with the appropriate arguments to invoke Eshell | |
1050 only. That way, it could be listed as a login shell. | |
1051 | |
1052 @item Use an intangible @code{PS2} string for multi-line input prompts | |
1053 | |
1054 @item Auto-detect when a command is visual, by checking @code{TERMCAP} usage | |
1055 | |
1056 @item The first keypress after @kbd{M-x watson} triggers `eshell-send-input' | |
1057 | |
1058 @item Make @kbd{/} electric | |
1059 | |
1060 So that it automatically expands and corrects pathnames. Or make | |
1061 pathname completion for Pcomplete auto-expand @samp{/u/i/std<TAB>} to | |
1062 @samp{/usr/include/std<TAB>}. | |
1063 | |
1064 @item Write the @command{pushd} stack to disk along with @code{last-dir-ring} | |
1065 | |
1066 @item Add options to @code{eshell/cat} which would allow it to sort and uniq | |
1067 | |
1068 @item Implement @command{wc} in Lisp | |
1069 | |
1070 Add support for counting sentences, paragraphs, pages, etc. | |
1071 | |
1072 @item Once piping is added, implement @command{sort} and @command{uniq} in Lisp | |
1073 | |
1074 @item Implement @command{touch} in Lisp | |
1075 | |
1076 @item Implement @command{comm} in Lisp | |
1077 | |
1078 @item Implement an @command{epatch} command in Lisp | |
1079 | |
1080 This would call @code{ediff-patch-file}, or @code{ediff-patch-buffer}, | |
1081 depending on its argument. | |
1082 | |
1083 @item Have an option such that @samp{ls -l} generates a dired buffer | |
1084 | |
1085 @item Write a version of @command{xargs} based on command rewriting | |
1086 | |
1087 That is, @samp{find X | xargs Y} would be indicated using @samp{Y | |
1088 $@{find X@}}. Maybe @code{eshell-do-pipelines} could be changed to | |
1089 perform this on-thy-fly rewriting. | |
1090 | |
1091 @item Write an alias for @command{less} that brings up a @code{view-mode} buffer | |
1092 | |
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33020 | 1095 @samp{X > #<buffer Y>; view-buffer #<buffer Y>}. |
1096 | |
1097 @item Make @code{eshell-mode} as much a full citizen as @code{shell-mode} | |
1098 | |
1099 Everywhere in Emacs where @code{shell-mode} is specially noticed, add | |
1100 @code{eshell-mode} there. | |
1101 | |
1102 @item Permit the umask to be selectively set on a @command{cp} target | |
1103 | |
1104 @item Problem using @kbd{M-x eshell} after using @code{eshell-command} | |
1105 | |
1106 If the first thing that I do after entering Emacs is to run | |
1107 @code{eshell-command} and invoke @command{ls}, and then use @kbd{M-x | |
1108 eshell}, it doesn't display anything. | |
1109 | |
1110 @item @kbd{M-RET} during a long command (using smart display) doesn't work | |
1111 | |
1112 Since it keeps the cursor up where the command was invoked. | |
1113 | |
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