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| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/shell.el | 10 |
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diff --git a/lisp/shell.el b/lisp/shell.el index ad381ac1ef0..7f98fad4a00 100644 --- a/lisp/shell.el +++ b/lisp/shell.el @@ -240,16 +240,16 @@ to match their respective commands." "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, |