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In this talk, Howard Abrams shows how eshell combines the best of Emacs Lisp and shells. Afterwards, he will handle questions via BigBlueButton.
The following image shows where the talk is in the schedule for Sun 2022-12-04. Solid lines show talks with Q&A via BigBlueButton. Lashed lines show talks with Q&A via IRC or Etherpad.<div class="schedule-in-context schedule-svg-container" data-slug="eshell">
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font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> survey</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/orgyear" title="This Year in Org" data-slug="orgyear"> <title> 9:35- 9:45 This Year in Org</title> <rect x="54" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(67,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> orgyear</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/rolodex" title="Build a Zettelkasten with the Hyperbole Rolodex" data-slug="rolodex"> <title> 9:55-10:20 Build a Zettelkasten with the Hyperbole Rolodex</title> <rect x="86" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="39" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(123,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> rolodex</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/orgsuperlinks" title="Linking headings with org-super-links (poor-man's Zettelkasten)" data-slug="orgsuperlinks"> <title> 10:40-10:50 Linking headings with org-super-links (poor-man's Zettelkasten)</title> <rect x="156" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(169,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> orgsuperlinks</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/orgvm" title="orgvm: a simple HTTP server for org" data-slug="orgvm"> <title> 11:10-11:20 orgvm: a simple HTTP server for org</title> <rect x="203" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(216,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> orgvm</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/hyperorg" title="Powerful productivity with Hyperbole and Org Mode" data-slug="hyperorg"> <title> 1:00- 1:30 Powerful productivity with Hyperbole and Org Mode</title> <rect x="376" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="47" height="59" 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font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> grail</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/indieweb" title="Putting Org Mode on the Indieweb" data-slug="indieweb"> <title> 3:25- 3:45 Putting Org Mode on the Indieweb</title> <rect x="603" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="31" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(632,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> indieweb</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/devel" title="Emacs development updates" data-slug="devel"> <title> 4:05- 4:15 Emacs development updates</title> <rect x="666" y="15" opacity="0.5" width="15" height="59" stroke="black" stroke-dasharray="5,5,5" fill="peachpuff"></rect> <g transform="translate(679,73)"> <text fill="black" x="0" y="0" font-size="10" transform="rotate(-90)"> devel</text></g></a> <a href="/2022/talks/fanfare" title="Fanfare for the Common Emacs User" data-slug="fanfare"> <title> 4:25- 4:35 Fanfare for the Common Emacs User</title> 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Format: 14:02 followed by live Q&A (<https://emacsconf.org/current/eshell/room>)
Etherpad: <https://pad.emacsconf.org/2022-eshell>
Discuss on IRC: [#emacsconf-dev](https://chat.emacsconf.org/?join=emacsconf,emacsconf-dev)
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<div>Times in different timezones:</div><div class="times" start="2022-12-04T18:40:00Z" end="2022-12-04T18:55:00Z"><div class="conf-time">Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~1:40 PM - 1:55 PM EST (US/Eastern)</div><div class="others">Sunday, Dec 4 2022, ~1:40 PM - 1:55 PM EST (US/Eastern)</div></div><div><a href="/2022/watch/dev/">Find out how to watch and participate</a></div>
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