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Eshell

Elisp based shell integrated to Emacs
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Eshell

Summary

Eshell is a command-line interpreter[1].

Key Facts

  • Eshell is the creator of John Wiegley[2].
  • Eshell's instance of is recorded as command-line interpreter[3].
  • Eshell's instance of is recorded as free software[4].
  • Eshell's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754[5].
  • Eshell's programmed in is recorded as Emacs Lisp[6].
  • Eshell's operating system is recorded as cross-platform[7].
  • Eshell's part of is recorded as GNU Emacs[8].
  • Eshell's has use is recorded as Unix shell[9].
  • Eshell's platform is recorded as GNU Emacs[10].
  • +1999-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Eshell[11].
  • Eshell's source code repository URL is recorded as https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/tree/lisp/eshell[12].
  • Eshell's user manual URL is recorded as https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/eshell.html[13].
  • Eshell's Gentoo package is recorded as app-xemacs/eshell[14].
  • Eshell's copyright holder is recorded as Q48413[15].
  • Eshell's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[16].

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Authorship and Creation

Eshell is the creator of John Wiegley[2].

Publication

Eshell's part of is recorded as GNU Emacs[8].

Related Entities

cross-platform Emacs Lisp free software John Wiegley

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . git.savannah.gnu.org. Retrieved . git.savannah.gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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