What’s Special About ’M-x shell’ in Emacs?

News

Investigating M-x shell

knighthk inspired today’s stream!

;; Try this with ls --hyperlink
(add-hook 'comint-output-filter-functions 'comint-osc-process-output)

History search works like this (I think?):

M-r to start searching for a regexp in the input history, then C-s and C-r to search forward and backward. This works even for arguments to commands, like file names.

Subscribe to the System Crafters Newsletter!
Stay up to date with the latest System Crafters news and updates! Read the Newsletter page for more information.
Name (optional)
Email Address