Re: How to start shell and rename the buffer

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Decebal <CLDWesterhof@gmail.com> writes:

> I sometimes want to start emacs with a shell, but I also want to
> rename the default name '*shell*'.

http://darcs.informatimago.com/emacs/pjb-shell.el



> I have:
>     emacs -title ${TITLE} --eval '(shell) (rename-buffer "shell")'
>
> But the buffername is not renamed.
> In *Messages* I see:
>     (emacs --eval (shell) (rename-buffer "shell"))
>
> And not an error or a warning.
> If I do 'M-:' and then '(rename-buffer "shell")' the buffer is
> renamed.
>
> What am I doing wrong?

You're assuming that --eval will loop.  If that had been the case, it
would have been called --eval-loop.  Instead it is called --eval, and
therefore it only does that.

When you want to group several expressionsions in a sequence, you must
use prog1, prog2 or in general, progn:

   emacs  --eval '(progn (shell) (rename-buffer "shell"))'

But since  you don't pass -q, emacs will read your ~/.emacs, so you
can as well put there a function such as:

(defun shell-and-rename (name)
   (interactive "sName: ")
   (shell)
   (rename-buffer name))

and then:

   emacs --eval '(shell-and-rename "shell")'



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__Pascal Bourguignon__