Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderAnother thing that's really nice about Eshell is that it has TRAMP integration. You can just `cat /ssh:remote:~/foo.log` and it will transparently spawn an SSH session, run the command on the remote, and print the output. It's a little like translators on the Hurd. I don't use Eshell that much anymore (I got used to `M-x shell`), but it really is nice. The only drawback is that everything must go through Emacs buffers, so in some cases performance isn't great.
One thing I really like about Eshell is how you can make the whole buffer editable. Printed too many lines by accident? Just mark the whole region and do M-x delete-non-matching lines. Other fun things to do include using output redirection to insert text straight into buffers! One last cool thing is that Eshell comes with it's own little pseudo-devices like /dev/kill and /dev/clip, you can probably guess what they're for. Although as awesome as it is, there are still…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 291
- Total comments
- 66
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-11-23 | Eschewing Zshell for EmacsFirst breakout | pmoriarty | 121 | 22 |
| 2017-07-22 | Eschewing Zshell for Emacs ShellBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | brudgers | 168 | 44 |
| 2019-01-21 | Eschewing Zshell for Emacs Shell | pmoriarty | 2 | 0 |