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diff --git a/2024/info/shell-after.md b/2024/info/shell-after.md index 83b3c4eb..024d2488 100644 --- a/2024/info/shell-after.md +++ b/2024/info/shell-after.md @@ -1,13 +1,10 @@ <!-- Automatically generated by emacsconf-publish-after-page --> -<div class="transcript transcript-mainVideo"><a name="shell-mainVideo-transcript"></a> -# Transcript +<div class="transcript transcript-mainVideo"><a name="shell-mainVideo-transcript"></a><h1>Transcript</h1> -[[!template new="1" text="""Introduction""" start="00:00:02.940" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""Welcome to Emacs as a Shell, a talk by Christopher Howard for""" start="00:00:02.940" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Introduction""" start="00:00:02.940" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Welcome to Emacs as a Shell, a talk by Christopher Howard for""" start="00:00:02.940" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Emacs Conference 2024.""" start="00:00:08.720" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In this talk, I would like to explore, or advocate for, a""" start="00:00:13.800" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""particular perspective. I want to encourage people to""" start="00:00:18.400" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -16,9 +13,7 @@ [[!template text="""that allows us to do most of the things that we might""" start="00:00:31.120" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""otherwise want to do from a shell.""" start="00:00:33.920" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""What do I mean by shell?""" start="00:00:37.881" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""What do I mean by shell? By""" start="00:00:37.881" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""What do I mean by shell?""" start="00:00:37.881" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""What do I mean by shell? By""" start="00:00:37.881" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""shell, I mean basically an interface that allows us to""" start="00:00:40.840" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""interact with the rest of our system by entering commands.""" start="00:00:45.440" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""That definition is, perhaps, a little too broad, and so I""" start="00:00:50.680" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -32,9 +27,7 @@ [[!template text="""least providing most of the functionality that we expect""" start="00:01:25.560" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""from a shell.""" start="00:01:28.880" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""What I do not mean""" start="00:01:38.560" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""Before further expanding on this idea, I must emphasize""" start="00:01:38.560" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""What I do not mean""" start="00:01:38.560" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Before further expanding on this idea, I must emphasize""" start="00:01:38.560" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""what I do not mean. First of all, I am not talking about""" start="00:01:42.760" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""running Bash, or some other external shell, from within""" start="00:01:47.160" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Emacs, although this is certainly possible. I am arguing,""" start="00:01:51.440" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -77,9 +70,7 @@ [[!template text="""mind the ideas of Emacs as a shell versus the Emacs shell,""" start="00:04:37.080" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""though the latter is an important part of the former.""" start="00:04:43.880" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""What is a shell?""" start="00:04:50.160" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""Let's get back to the fundamental idea of what is a shell. In""" start="00:04:50.160" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""What is a shell?""" start="00:04:50.160" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Let's get back to the fundamental idea of what is a shell. In""" start="00:04:50.160" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the broadest definition, a shell is an interface which""" start="00:04:55.400" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""allows you to interact with your operating system through""" start="00:04:59.160" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""commands. However, from a historical perspective, there""" start="00:05:02.280" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -138,9 +129,7 @@ [[!template text="""can do most of the things that we might otherwise do with our""" start="00:09:21.714" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""shell.""" start="00:09:25.681" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""Launching external processes""" start="00:09:26.912" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""Let us give some examples. First, can Emacs launch""" start="00:09:26.912" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Launching external processes""" start="00:09:26.912" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Let us give some examples. First, can Emacs launch""" start="00:09:26.912" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""external commands? Of course. Now, there are something""" start="00:09:32.514" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like a half-dozen different ways to do that within Emacs, and""" start="00:09:36.681" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""some are more convenient than others. From any Elisp""" start="00:09:40.447" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -166,9 +155,7 @@ [[!template text="""This is cheating, of course, but it might be useful or convenient""" start="00:11:43.940" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in some scenarios.""" start="00:11:48.600" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""Environment variables""" start="00:11:57.300" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""Regarding environment variables, Emacs can read and""" start="00:11:57.300" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Environment variables""" start="00:11:57.300" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Regarding environment variables, Emacs can read and""" start="00:11:57.300" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""manipulate the environment variables, which in turn get""" start="00:12:01.900" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""passed on to processes which it launches. The""" start="00:12:05.400" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""general-purpose interactive commands for this are""" start="00:12:09.660" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -194,9 +181,7 @@ [[!template text="""actually run in a separate buffer, but the output will go to""" start="00:14:25.281" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the Eshell buffer.""" start="00:14:31.181" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""Processes""" start="00:14:54.400" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""We can run the interactive command list-processes to see""" start="00:14:54.400" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Processes""" start="00:14:54.400" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""We can run the interactive command list-processes to see""" start="00:14:54.400" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""all the processes running for our current Emacs session.""" start="00:14:59.581" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""In Eshell, we can run the command "jobs" to get the same list.""" start="00:15:11.747" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""This will show the process name, process buffer name,""" start="00:15:17.647" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -208,9 +193,7 @@ [[!template text="""process, "continue" to resume the process, and "interrupt" or""" start="00:15:52.981" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""kill to terminate the process.""" start="00:15:58.381" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""Redirecting and pipelining input and output""" start="00:17:00.180" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""Regarding redirecting and pipelining input and output,""" start="00:17:00.180" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Redirecting and pipelining input and output""" start="00:17:00.180" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Regarding redirecting and pipelining input and output,""" start="00:17:00.180" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Eshell does support redirection similar to Bash, so you can""" start="00:17:04.814" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""overwrite and append to files and some other objects. Input""" start="00:17:11.614" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""redirection is not yet implemented, but it is on the Eshell""" start="00:17:17.047" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -241,9 +224,7 @@ [[!template text="""construct. See the Eshell info manual, section 3.7, for""" start="00:19:59.640" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""more details.""" start="00:20:06.520" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""Scripts""" start="00:20:09.440" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""And if you wish to write a script entirely in Eshell syntax,""" start="00:20:09.440" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Scripts""" start="00:20:09.440" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""And if you wish to write a script entirely in Eshell syntax,""" start="00:20:09.440" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and store it in a separate file, this is possible with recent""" start="00:20:13.840" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""versions of Emacs.""" start="00:20:18.560" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Here's an example of a brief script that I wrote.""" start="00:20:31.840" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -254,9 +235,7 @@ [[!template text="""additional scripting power. We will discuss this a little""" start="00:20:55.080" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""more later.""" start="00:20:58.760" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""File system management""" start="00:21:11.780" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""Regarding file system management. In Emacs, many of the""" start="00:21:11.780" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""File system management""" start="00:21:11.780" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Regarding file system management. In Emacs, many of the""" start="00:21:11.780" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""common file system operations are available as""" start="00:21:16.760" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""interactive commands. For example, M-x cd, to change your""" start="00:21:20.240" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""buffer's current working directory, and other M-x commands""" start="00:21:26.760" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -281,9 +260,7 @@ [[!template text="""This transparently works through SSH and some other""" start="00:23:23.180" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""protocols that you can specify.""" start="00:23:27.840" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""Networking""" start="00:23:43.560" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""Regarding networking features, I don't have a lot of""" start="00:23:43.560" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Networking""" start="00:23:43.560" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""Regarding networking features, I don't have a lot of""" start="00:23:43.560" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""interesting things to say about this at the present, so I'll""" start="00:23:48.160" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""skip through this quickly. But if you do a little research,""" start="00:23:51.640" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""you will see that Emacs has a lot of functionality relating""" start="00:23:54.920" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -293,9 +270,7 @@ [[!template text="""browsing. And of course, you can run the usual standard""" start="00:24:14.400" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""networking commands for your system through Eshell.""" start="00:24:20.600" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""A brief tour of Eshell""" start="00:24:30.120" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""So having put forward the main arguments for this talk, I""" start="00:24:30.120" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""A brief tour of Eshell""" start="00:24:30.120" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""So having put forward the main arguments for this talk, I""" start="00:24:30.120" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""would like to take some time now to give a brief tour of a few of""" start="00:24:33.760" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the features of Eshell, the Emacs shell. It bears""" start="00:24:38.200" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""emphasizing that Eshell is not a drop-in replacement for""" start="00:24:43.800" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -380,9 +355,7 @@ [[!template text="""So that covers the brief tour of Eshell features.""" start="00:34:11.260" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And that basically ends my talk.""" start="00:34:17.760" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""Login shell""" start="00:34:21.128" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""However, a handful of""" start="00:34:21.128" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Login shell""" start="00:34:21.128" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""However, a handful of""" start="00:34:21.128" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""viewers might be wondering, is it possible to set Emacs to be""" start="00:34:22.381" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""my login shell to completely replace bash in your login""" start="00:34:28.720" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""experience? The answer is yes, but in practice there are""" start="00:34:37.640" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] @@ -408,9 +381,7 @@ [[!template text="""and start Emacs and run that Emacs session until your next""" start="00:36:21.800" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""reboot, then it probably isn't worth the bother.""" start="00:36:25.680" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] -[[!template new="1" text="""Resources""" start="00:36:36.980" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] - -[[!template text="""So thank you for listening to my talk, Emacs as a Shell, by""" start="00:36:36.980" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] +<div class="transcript-heading">[[!template new="1" text="""Resources""" start="00:36:36.980" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]]</div>[[!template text="""So thank you for listening to my talk, Emacs as a Shell, by""" start="00:36:36.980" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Christopher Howard for Emacs Conference 2024.""" start="00:36:42.000" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""At the bottom of this page, you can see a link to the""" start="00:36:46.860" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""repository containing the brief amount of code that was""" start="00:36:51.520" video="mainVideo-shell" id="subtitle"]] |