I use Ubuntu8.10 and emacs-snapshot. Running shell-mode on emacs and input "ls" shows escape codes:
How can I get the output I expect?
A:
The problem is that "l" is trying to colorise the output and emacs isn't having any of it. Try the following:
$ unalias l $ alias l ls --color=never
Vatine
2009-04-01 09:03:00
how to only change it in emacs?
linjunhalida
2009-04-01 09:22:08
TERM=dumb ls, probably.
jrockway
2009-04-02 00:35:25
+3
A:
Furthermore, you may choose another shell: M-x term or M-x eshell. The former provides an interface that is much closer to a real terminal emulator than shell-mode (once you start it, you can get out of the mode with C-c C-j and get in again with C-c C-k). The latter is a shell implementation written in Elisp (you can use the common shell commands as well as evaluating Lisp code).
Török Gábor
2009-04-01 09:44:02
You are saying a general purpose programing langauge is less powerful than *shell*? I think you just don't know how to use it.
jrockway
2009-04-02 00:36:12
I do not mean that. It is not about any languages versus shell, but the `shell-mode` and its alternatives. If you want a shell inside Emacs, I found myself `term-mode` much convenient, which allows the buffer to behave like a real terminal or you can work on it as any other common Emacs buffer.
Török Gábor
2009-04-06 10:48:38
A:
Expanding on vatine's answer, you can add that inside your .cshrc (.tcshrc/.bashrc) wrapped with a check for the environment variable INSIDE_EMACS.
For example (from my .tcshrc):
if ( $?INSIDE_EMACS ) then
alias l 'ls --color=never'
endif
Trey Jackson
2009-04-01 15:47:42