The text in the red ellipse below is hard to read                       When I inspect the face with C-u C-x = (what face) I see the fo...

This is odd. I have defined the following prompt in zsh: local user_host='%{$terminfo[bold]$fg[green]%}%n @ %m%{$reset_color%}' local current_dir='%{$terminfo[bold]$fg[blue]%} %~%{$reset_color%}' ...

Mercurial's color extension is great and all, but there isn't a list on that page of what the valid colors are. I looked for a python file named color, hoping I'd be able to read the source and see...

I am trying to use ansi-term in emacs (configured to tcsh shell). I see some issues with newline characters being displayed. If I try the following from the terminal (ansi-term), I get the correct ...

In an ansi-term terminal in Emacs, when I ssh to a specific remote host, the terminal is not recognized properly, and I get the error: 'eterm-color': unknown terminal type. I added export TERMIN...

I like running shell programs using Emacs ansi-term mode, but I wonder how to set the maximum buffer size in ansi-term mode so I won't lose command history even when there are lot of lines? (Google...

Say I have an Emacs window (i.e. a subdivision of what Emacs calls a frame) running an M-x ansi-term buffer (e.g. running zsh) with that is ~500 pixels wide. I then run several shell commands and t...

Is there a way to have Emacs to prompt by default for a binary of my choice when running M-x ansi-term. It always asks me for /bin/zsh but I have a new installation of zsh in a different path. Alt...