@copying
This manual is for Eshell, the Emacs shell.
-Copyright @copyright{} 1999-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright @copyright{} 1999--2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@end quotation
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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.
@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
@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}