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When in eshell is there a command for opening a file in another buffer?
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Use Ctrl-x f to open a file from within Emacs. Create a new file in the same way as opening a file by specifying the new filename. The new file will not be saved unless specified. Save a file that is currently open by entering the Ctrl-x Ctrl-s command.
You can open a file by specifying the filename when you start Emacs (as we did earlier) or by typing C-x C-f (the long command name for this is find-file). C-x C-f creates a new buffer that has the same name as the file. Emacs prompts you for a filename; respond by typing the filename, followed by RETURN.
Buffers in Emacs editing are objects that have distinct names and hold text that can be edited. Buffers appear to Lisp programs as a special data type. You can think of the contents of a buffer as a string that you can extend; insertions and deletions may occur in any part of the buffer.
To find a file in Emacs, you use the C-x C-f ( find-file ) command.
In eshell, you don't have to use the entire path when using the find file command. Hitting C-x C-f is the same as typing find-file, and eshell sets the directory to the one you are currently browsing. This is the advantage to me over using ansi-term. Try it out.
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You can call elisp functions directly. So to open a file, call find-file on the filename. Example:
~ $ ls myfile ~ $ (find-file "myfile") Parentheses and quotes are optional, so this works too:
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