Homepage: http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/download/multi-term.el
Author: Andy Stewart
Updated:
Managing multiple terminal buffers in Emacs
This package is for creating and managing multiple terminal buffers in Emacs.
By default, term.el provides a great terminal emulator in Emacs.
But I have some troubles with term-mode:
1. term.el just provides commands `term' or `ansi-term'
for creating a terminal buffer.
And there is no special command to create or switch
between multiple terminal buffers quickly.
2. By default, the keystrokes of term.el conflict with global-mode keystrokes,
which makes it difficult for the user to integrate term.el with Emacs.
3. By default, executing *NIX command “exit” from term-mode,
it will leave an unused buffer.
4. term.el won’t quit running sub-process when you kill terminal buffer forcibly.
5. Haven’t a dedicated window for debug program.
And multi-term.el is enhanced with those features.
Installation:
Copy multi-term.el to your load-path and add to your ~/.emacs
(require 'multi-term)
And setup program that `multi-term' will need:
(setq multi-term-program "/bin/bash")
or setup like me "/bin/zsh" ;)
Below are the commands you can use:
`multi-term' Create a new term buffer.
`multi-term-next' Switch to next term buffer.
`multi-term-prev' Switch to previous term buffer.
`multi-term-dedicated-open' Open dedicated term window.
`multi-term-dedicated-close' Close dedicated term window.
`multi-term-dedicated-toggle' Toggle dedicated term window.
`multi-term-dedicated-select' Select dedicated term window.
Tips:
You can type `C-u' before command `multi-term' or `multi-term-dedicated-open'
then will prompt you shell name for creating terminal buffer.