This package allows an Emacs user to create, delete, rename and fast swtich between multiple inferior shells using the buffer-manager library. This is done by extending the buffer-manage and using its functions and keybindings to manage multiple inferior shells. To summarize, this includes:

• A major mode for switching to, deleting and starting new shells.
• Fast switching with customized key bindings through the customize framework.
• Track and rename shells by name through the shell entry management mode.
• Interact with buffer shell (entries) as objects with a straight forward API.

In your ~/.emacs start up file include:

(require 'bshell)

You can start a new shell with C-x C-h. Do this again to get another shell that lives as a separate process in a buffer. Use C-tab to get a list of shells in the Entries buffer where you can rename, delete, switch or add new shells. To "fast" switch use C-x C-h, which changes the current window's shell to the last used or next shell based on the current cycling method. See the shell key bindings and buffer manage key bindings for all key bindigns.

Use C-tab to enter the shell entry management mode (see buffer-manage entries mode). While in a shell buffer the following key bindings apply:

* Note: C-x C-h invokes bshell-switch, which creates a new shell when none already exist. It does nothing when there is only one shell and fast swtiches when there are more than one.

Copyright © 2017 Paul Landes

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