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authorAidan Gauland2014-01-04 12:14:16 +1300
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* eshell.texi (What Eshell is not): Clean up confusing clause.
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12014-01-03 Aidan Gauland <aidalgol@amuri.net>
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3 * eshell.texi (What Eshell is not): Clean up confusing clause.
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12014-01-03 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> 52014-01-03 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
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3 * efaq-w32.texi, reftex.texi: Use @insertcopying in non-TeX. 7 * efaq-w32.texi, reftex.texi: Use @insertcopying in non-TeX.
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147Eshell is @emph{not} a replacement for system shells such as 147Eshell is @emph{not} a replacement for system shells such as
148@command{bash} or @command{zsh}. Use Eshell when you want to move 148@command{bash} or @command{zsh}. Use Eshell when you want to move
149text between Emacs and external processes; if you only want to pipe 149text between Emacs and external processes; if you only want to pipe
150output from one external process to another, to another, use a system 150output from one external process to another (and then another, and so
151shell, because Emacs's IO system is buffer oriented, not stream 151on), use a system shell, because Emacs's IO system is buffer oriented,
152oriented, and is very inefficient at such tasks. If you want to write 152not stream oriented, and is very inefficient at such tasks. If you
153shell scripts in Eshell, don't; either write an elisp library or use a 153want to write shell scripts in Eshell, don't; either write an elisp
154system shell. 154library or use a system shell.
155 155
156Some things Eshell just doesn't do well. It fills the niche between 156Some things Eshell just doesn't do well. It fills the niche between
157IELM and your system shell, where the peculiar use-cases lie, and it 157IELM and your system shell, where the peculiar use-cases lie, and it