@copying
This manual is for Eshell, the Emacs shell.
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2011 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
@sp 4
@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
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@c ================================================================
@ifnottex
-@node Top, What is Eshell?, (dir), (dir)
+@node Top
@top Eshell
-Eshell is a shell-like command interpretor
+Eshell is a shell-like command interpreter
implemented in Emacs Lisp. It invokes no external processes except for
those requested by the user. It is intended to be a functional
replacement for command shells such as @command{bash}, @command{zsh},
@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.
sudo is an alias, defined as "*sudo $*"
@end example
-Some of the built-in commands have a special behaviour in Eshell:
+Some of the built-in commands have a special behavior in Eshell:
@table @code
@item Using C-p and C-n with rebind gets into a locked state
-This happened a few times in Emacs 21, but has been unreproducible
+This happened a few times in Emacs 21, but has been irreproducible
since.
@item If an interactive process is currently running, @kbd{M-!} doesn't work
@item Eshell scripts can't execute in the background
-@item Support zsh's ``Parameter Expansion'' syntax, i.e. @samp{$@{@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
With the handling of @emph{word} specified by an
@code{eshell-special-alist}.
-@item In @code{eshell-veal-using-options}, allow a @code{:complete} tag
+@item In @code{eshell-eval-using-options}, allow a @code{:complete} tag
It would be used to provide completion rules for that command. Then the
macro will automagically define the completion function.
@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}