More than one emacs terminal

Question

I am getting more and more used to doing everything from inside emacs, but it seems that eshell, shell and term will only run one instance each. Is there a way to run multiple terminals (preferably term) inside emacs?

Answer 1

Use the command M-x rename-buffer to give the current shell buffer a new name, then you can start a new shell.

Answer 2

You just have to rename the buffer, here's a function to start zsh and prompt for the buffer name:

(defun zsh (buffer-name)
  "Start a terminal and rename buffer."
  (interactive "sbuffer name: ")
  (term "/bin/zsh")
  (rename-buffer buffer-name t))