>>>> "Neal" == Neal D Becker
<nbecker(a)hns.com> writes:
Neal> On Monday 24 March 2003 08:14 pm, Steve Youngs wrote:
...
> I've seen this many times. Use `shell' or `eshell'
instead of
> `term'.
Neal> Hmmm... The reason I was trying term is that someone had said "don't use
Neal> shell, use term".
Probably because you wanted to run some program that assumed the "terminal"
you were running in understood certain escape sequences (which shell and I
believe eshell do not)?
Chuck
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