@copying
This manual is for Eshell, the Emacs shell.
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
@quotation
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-modify this GNU manual. Buying copies from the FSF supports it in
-developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
+modify this GNU manual.''
@end quotation
@end copying
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@c The title is printed in a large font.
@center @titlefont{User's Guide}
-@sp
+@sp 1
@center @titlefont{to}
-@sp
+@sp 1
@center @titlefont{Eshell: The Emacs Shell}
@ignore
@sp 2
@c ================================================================
@ifnottex
-@node Top, What is Eshell?, (dir), (dir)
+@node Top
@top Eshell
Eshell is a shell-like command interpreter
@cindex Eshell, what it is
Eshell is a @dfn{command shell} written in Emacs Lisp. Everything it
-does, it uses Emacs' facilities to do. This means that Eshell is as
+does, it uses Emacs's facilities to do. This means that Eshell is as
portable as Emacs itself. It also means that cooperation with Lisp code
is natural and seamless.
@item Eshell scripts can't execute in the background
-@item Support zsh's ``Parameter Expansion'' syntax, i.e. @samp{$@{@var{name}:-@var{val}@}}
+@item Support zsh's ``Parameter Expansion'' syntax, i.e., @samp{$@{@var{name}:-@var{val}@}}
@item Write an @command{info} alias that can take arguments
@item Implement @command{stty} in Lisp
-@item Support @command{rc}'s matching operator, e.g. @samp{~ (@var{list}) @var{regexp}}
+@item Support @command{rc}'s matching operator, e.g., @samp{~ (@var{list}) @var{regexp}}
@item Implement @command{bg} and @command{fg} as editors of @code{eshell-process-list}