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changeset 1076:8a936037cedc
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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Fri, 04 Sep 1992 07:35:10 +0000 |
| parents | f402fe560fcd |
| children | d6ee6ff7562d |
| files | lisp/shell.el |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lisp/shell.el Fri Sep 04 05:21:09 1992 +0000 +++ b/lisp/shell.el Fri Sep 04 07:35:10 1992 +0000 @@ -240,16 +240,16 @@ "Run an inferior shell, with I/O through buffer *shell*. If buffer exists but shell process is not running, make new shell. If buffer exists and shell process is running, - just switch to buffer *shell*. + just switch to buffer `*shell*'. Program used comes from variable explicit-shell-file-name, or (if that is nil) from the ESHELL environment variable, or else from SHELL if there is no ESHELL. -If a file ~/.emacs_SHELLNAME exists, it is given as initial input +If a file `~/.emacs_SHELLNAME' exists, it is given as initial input (Note that this may lose due to a timing error if the shell discards input when it starts up.) -The buffer is put in shell-mode, giving commands for sending input -and controlling the subjobs of the shell. See shell-mode. -See also variable shell-prompt-pattern. +The buffer is put in Shell mode, giving commands for sending input +and controlling the subjobs of the shell. See `shell-mode'. +See also the variable `shell-prompt-pattern'. The shell file name (sans directories) is used to make a symbol name such as `explicit-csh-arguments'. If that symbol is a variable,