Is it possible instead of loading /bin/bash, for my terminal to load emacs or emacsclient when I open it up, with a session for eshell? And is it feasible to ssh->screen from an emacs session without running into problems?
I want to do this purely to learn about emacs being as I like it so much.
No hate text, etc please :)
You can set your shell to /usr/bin/emacs (or wherever it is) to make it your default shell. It will probably act weird though since Emacs is not a shell. It's an editor. Programs expect your shell to behave in a certain fashion and Emacs won't work that way.
You can do an M-xtermret to get a terminal from which you can connect to a remote machine and start a screen. I don't know about the quality of the emulation though. No harm trying.
Neither of these look useful to me and the former is definitely a trouble maker.
emacs -f eshell
EDIT: If you don't want to start a new emacs you can use emacsclient.
emacsclient -e '(eshell)'
Make sure you have started the server the best way to do it is to add
(server-start) in your . emacs
Just tried running screen from within Emacs (in a shell buffer), but I get the following:
angelv@vaso:~$ screen -D -R
Clear screen capability required.
angelv@vaso:~$
so I guess that's not possible. In any case, I don't see why you'd want this (and I use daily screen + emacs).
Yes you can. I did for a few months once. A few things act funny most can be tamed. It was a great laugh to see coworkers react when they saw me log in to emacs.