Merge from emacs-23; up to 2010-06-01T01:49:15Z!monnier@iro.umontreal.ca

[bpt/emacs.git] / doc / misc / eshell.texi

diff --git a/doc/misc/eshell.texi b/doc/misc/eshell.texi
index 732ed25..0ae6a0e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/misc/eshell.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/eshell.texi
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 @copying
 This manual is for Eshell, the Emacs shell.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,
-2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @quotation
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ developing GNU and promoting software freedom.''
 @end quotation
 @end copying
 
-@dircategory Emacs
+@dircategory Emacs misc features
 @direntry
 * Eshell: (eshell).             A command shell implemented in Emacs Lisp.
 @end direntry
@@ -369,6 +368,17 @@ eshell/ls is a compiled Lisp function in `em-ls.el'
 /bin/ls
 @end example
 
+If you want to discard a given built-in command, you could declare an
+alias, @ref{Aliases}.  Eample:
+
+@example
+~ $ which sudo
+eshell/sudo is a compiled Lisp function in `em-unix.el'
+~ $ alias sudo '*sudo $*'
+~ $ which sudo
+sudo is an alias, defined as "*sudo $*"
+@end example
+
 Some of the built-in commands have a special behaviour in Eshell:
 
 @table @code
@@ -1004,7 +1014,3 @@ Since it keeps the cursor up where the command was invoked.
 
 @printindex ky
 @bye
-
-@ignore
-   arch-tag: 776409ba-cb15-42b9-b2b6-d2bdc7ebad01
-@end ignore