26.7.3 Shell Mode
The shell buffer uses Shell mode, which defines several special keys
attached to the C-c prefix. They are chosen to resemble the usual
editing and job control characters present in shells that are not under
SXEmacs, except that you must type C-c first. Here is a list
of the special key bindings of Shell mode:
- <RET>
- At end of buffer send line as input; otherwise, copy current line to end of
buffer and send it (
send-shell-input). When a line is copied, any
text at the beginning of the line that matches the variable
shell-prompt-pattern is left out; this variable's value should be a
regexp string that matches the prompts that you use in your subshell.
- C-c C-d
- Send end-of-file as input, probably causing the shell or its current
subjob to finish (
shell-send-eof).
- C-d
- If point is not at the end of the buffer, delete the next character just
like most other modes. If point is at the end of the buffer, send
end-of-file as input, instead of generating an error as in other modes
(
comint-delchar-or-maybe-eof).
- C-c C-u
- Kill all text that has yet to be sent as input (
kill-shell-input).
- C-c C-w
- Kill a word before point (
backward-kill-word).
- C-c C-c
- Interrupt the shell or its current subjob if any
(
interrupt-shell-subjob).
- C-c C-z
- Stop the shell or its current subjob if any (
stop-shell-subjob).
- C-c C-\
- Send quit signal to the shell or its current subjob if any
(
quit-shell-subjob).
- C-c C-o
- Delete last batch of output from shell (
kill-output-from-shell).
- C-c C-r
- Scroll top of last batch of output to top of window
(
show-output-from-shell).
- C-c C-y
- Copy the previous bunch of shell input and insert it into the
buffer before point (
copy-last-shell-input). No final newline
is inserted, and the input copied is not resubmitted until you type
<RET>.
- M-p
- Move backward through the input history. Search for a matching command
if you have typed the beginning of a command (
comint-previous-input).
- M-n
- Move forward through the input history. Useful when you are
using <M-p> quickly and go past the desired command
(
comint-next-input).
- <TAB>
- Complete the file name preceding point (
comint-dynamic-complete).