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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-08-12 21:15:14 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2001-08-12 21:15:14 +0000
commit441df46b4a62423ebf882e7647c7376d5f1472b2 (patch)
tree17ac9106e885664897a87278ca821708942ad1ad /man/misc.texi
parent6af538c0dc148e38fa453d5be7bbe7ddc575a38f (diff)
downloademacs-441df46b4a62423ebf882e7647c7376d5f1472b2.tar.gz
Minor cleanups.
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@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ normally creates the file @file{foo} and produces no terminal output.
A numeric argument, as in @kbd{M-1 M-!}, says to insert terminal
output into the current buffer instead of a separate buffer. It puts
point before the output, and sets the mark after the output. For
-instance, @kbd{M-1 M-! gunzip < foo.gz @key{RET}} would insert the
+instance, @kbd{M-1 M-! gunzip < foo.gz @key{RET}} would insert the
uncompressed equivalent of @file{foo.gz} into the current buffer.
If the shell command line ends in @samp{&}, it runs asynchronously.
@@ -442,10 +442,13 @@ for time to elapse.
face @code{comint-highlight-prompt}. This makes it easier to see
previous input lines in the buffer. @xref{Faces}.
- To make multiple subshells invoke @kbd{M-x shell} with a prefix
-argument (e.g. @kbd{C-u M-x shell}), which will cause it to prompt for
-a buffer name, and create (or reuse) a subshell in that buffer. All
-subshells in different buffers run independently and in parallel.
+ To make multiple subshells, you can invoke @kbd{M-x shell} with a
+prefix argument (e.g. @kbd{C-u M-x shell}), which will read a buffer
+name and create (or reuse) a subshell in that buffer. You can also
+rename the @samp{*shell*} buffer using @kbd{M-x rename-uniquely}, then
+then create a new @samp{*shell*} buffer using plain @kbd{M-x shell}.
+All the subshells in different buffers run independently and in
+parallel.
@vindex explicit-shell-file-name
@cindex environment variables for subshells
@@ -1247,8 +1250,8 @@ emacsclient @r{@{}@r{[}+@var{line}@r{[}@var{column}@r{]}@r{]} @var{filename}@r{@
@noindent
This tells Emacs to visit each of the specified files; if you specify a
line number for a certain file, Emacs moves to that line in the file.
-If you specify a column number for a file, Emacs moves to that column
-in the file.
+If you specify a column number as well, Emacs puts point on that column
+in the line.
Ordinarily, @code{emacsclient} does not return until you use the
@kbd{C-x #} command on each of these buffers. When that happens,