Three ansi-term tips

Tip #1

There's no reason not to have /bin/bash instead of /bin/sh as the default choice when you M-x term .

( setq explicit-shell-file-name "/bin/bash" )

Tip #2

After you close the terminal, you get a useless buffer with no process. It's probably left there for you to have a history of what you did. I find it not useful, so here's a way to kill that buffer automatically:

( defun oleh-term-exec-hook () ( let* (( buff ( current-buffer )) ( proc ( get-buffer-process buff ))) ( set-process-sentinel proc ` ( lambda ( process event ) ( if ( string= event "finished

" ) ( kill-buffer , buff )))))) ( add-hook 'term-exec-hook 'oleh-term-exec-hook )

Tip #3

By default, C-y calls term's own yank , which is different from Emacs's yank . So, until recently, I was using S-<insert> to paste stuff into *term* . Here's a more ergonomic way: