... my jobs inside emacs but I'm missing a couple things. The first one is...t do anymore when working with a shell/terminal inside emacs. ... Am I missing something ? Maybe. I do all my work...browsing and 3270 emulation. I've used M-x shell in the past but not for many years. Compiles are M-x compile, greps are M-x grep... aren't that committed to M-x shell and it's friends.

...function which inserts the last argument to the previous commands Is the feature useful? In C-x shell you can move cursor to select any previous typing and pressing M...pressings you're doing to do what you described ? In my use case I only press one time. Using key typo depend of your task. I write sh, C, Java related type ...

....com> writes: While at it, do you have any idea if it's possible to switch between char/line mode in M-x shell ? I don't know that, what is the equivalent in an xterm, and what is that for ? no it's part of M-x term. Basically all you type in char mode is sent to the terminal (except C-c). -- Francis ...

... same arg... Try in an xterm to use M-. to see what I'm talkng about. May be what you are looking for... in M-x shell: ,---- | C-c . ==> comint-insert-previous-argument `---- Damn yes it is ! While at ...s possible to switch between char/line mode in M-x shell ? I don't know that, what is the equivalent in an xterm, and what ...

... yanks always the same arg... Try in an xterm to use M-. to see what I'm talkng about. May be what you are looking for... in M-x shell: ,---- | C-c . ==> comint-insert-previous-argument `---- Damn yes it is ! While at it, do you have any idea if it's possible to switch between char/line mode in M-x shell ? Thanks -- Francis

...call last-arg() several times then this yanks always the same arg... Try in an xterm to use M-. to see what I'm talkng about. May be what you are looking for... in M-x shell: ,---- | C-c . ==> comint-insert-previous-argument `---- and with ansi-term ==> the command M-. work it have the same behavior than in my urxvt -- ...

...) elisp, it does seem that if I call last-arg() several times then this yanks always the same arg... Try in an xterm to use M-. to see what I'm talkng about. Actually I'm wondering why not doing in M-x shell a char mode present in M-x term shell. I found it very convenient. -- Francis

>>> could you tell me on which function this is binded ? <C-up> runs the command comint-previous-input no this paste the whole command line, I'm asking for the last _argument_ FWIW (probably bash specific) M-x shell $ ls -l notes.txt -rw-rw---- 1 user user 196307 2008-09-14 21:29 notes.txt $ ls $_ notes.txt $ echo $_ notes.txt

... with emacs commands, it similar to using a mouse actually. I don't ... can realistically get rid of a shell Maybe most emacs users aren't that committed to M-x shell and it's friends. ...Clementson wrote a good entry on using emacsclient and screen - http://bc.... to adjust the colour scheme used in .muttrc: http://www.mail-....html Personally, I have been using gnu-screen with an emacs ...

...-last-arg" function which inserts the last argument to the previous commands Is the feature useful? In C-x shell you can move cursor to select any previous typing and pressing M-> to back to writing ...how many key pressings you're doing to do what you described ? In my use case I only press one time. -- Francis