dtache VS shx-for-emacs

I wouldn't do it simply because there are some things for which it doesn't work best such as using tmux over it and I haven't yet bothered to read & setup dtache which would solve that problem.

Another thing is why people may want to see the whole 10Mb compilation log in realtime? Redirect it to a file, M-x grep the things you need, and you are perfectly fine. There's also https://gitlab.com/niklaseklund/dtache

GNU Screen, tmux and dtach (with convenient Emacs interface) all serve to limit that problem.

Have a look at https://gitlab.com/niklaseklund/dtache

Here is a short blog post illustrating how dtache, the package for detached shell commands https://gitlab.com/niklaseklund/dtache, can be integrated with vterm.

Regarding 4), that's what got me into developing dtache https://gitlab.com/niklaseklund/dtache. Could be an alternative if you want to avoid leaving Emacs :)

There is a version 0.4 out for the **dtache** package. The short description of the package is that it provides the possibility to run commands that are detached from Emacs. To read more see the README here https://gitlab.com/niklaseklund/dtache. The major changes compared to the last release is:

The other day I merged an extension to integrate dtache with consult. The dtache is the package for detachable shell commands https://gitlab.com/niklaseklund/dtache. The functionality is opt in, and provided through the dtache-consult.el.

You can read more about, and see some examples of dtache-eshell in action at https://niklaseklund.gitlab.io/blog/posts/dtache_eshell/, and if you are looking for the source code you will find it here https://gitlab.com/niklaseklund/dtache :)

I use the wonderful shx package for making M-x shell a more usable shell, and I use shell-pop for popping up shell buffers that are automatically cd'd to the current files directory.

I swear by running bash in shell-mode enhanced by shx so I can properly use SSH.

Also note that Emacs is a fully GUI application, like I said, it depends on libgdk and libcairo2, and Emacs has support for inline graphics. Take a look at the shx-for-emacs extension to see an example of it (screenshot). Please take a look at Nicolas P. Rougier's GitHub page, he has some of the most beautiful Emacs GUI configurations (for example, this screenshot).

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I have been extremely satisfied with using plain shell mode combined with shx. With shx I can open a file directly from the shell with :edit, and ssh with :ssh. I find that a plain old shell running bash when combined with emacs is just so powerful.