I would like to start a few shells, and set their directories from my .emacs. Opening them is easy:
;; run a few shells.
(shell "*shell5*")
(shell "*shell6*")
(shell "*shell7*")
But I would like to specify their directory, too.
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A:
(shell "*shell5*")
(with-current-buffer "*shell5*"
(goto-char (point-max))
(insert "cd dir")) ;;for example
(comint-send-input nil t) ;; enter
For now I have this, its need some improvement I think. When I use in my emacs its causes an error, but does what you want. I will try to figure why.
coelhudo
2010-02-18 13:26:31
That would be awesome. Have no time to playu with this now, maybe later tonight.
sandos
2010-02-18 15:01:29
I think my accepted solution is probably better, but this idea is still interesting if I would like to do anything else in the shell!
sandos
2010-02-19 10:13:32
Yeah, Ivan answer is a straightforward solution :)
coelhudo
2010-02-19 13:20:58
+4
A:
The following works for me
(let ((default-directory "/path/to/whereever/"))
(shell "*shell1*"))
Ivan Andrus
2010-02-18 13:44:21
Did not work for me, for example if i use /usr/src, the shell start on /usr only, the same happens with /home/guest, starting on /home
coelhudo
2010-02-18 14:53:38