How to open terminal in current directory?

Question

When i use M-x shell to open a new terminal, it will sometimes set the current directory to the file in. But sometimes it won't. So is there a function to always open a new terminal in current directory?

Answer 1

There's the package shell-here available in ELPA: M-x list-packages, look for shell-here, mark for install (i) and execute (x).

An excerpt of the readme:

Open a shell buffer in (or relative to) default-directory,
e.g. whatever directory the current buffer is in. If you have
find-file-in-project installed, you can also move around relative
to the root of the current project.

I use Emacs shell buffers for everything, and shell-here is great
for getting where you need to quickly. The =find-file-in-project=
integration makes it very easy to manage multiple shells and
maintain your path / history / scrollback when switching between
projects.

github home: https://github.com/ieure/shell-here

And I like shell-pop too, to pop up and pop out a shell buffer window with one easily. And there's maybe more in ELPA !