Coding in Emacs shell?

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I am using shell in my emacs version 22.2.1 (debian stable repos) and it has some kind of broken coding. For example, if I run `ls' command, output is

[0m[01;34margouml-0.30.2[0m

not "argouml-0.30.2" as normal. I have tried commands C-x RET p utf-8 and so others but without any effect. I have properly generated utf-8 locales and everywhere else in emacs coding works perfect. Does anybody knows what may be wrong with it?

Wooble · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-14 13:59:58Z

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Your terminal type in the shell is set incorrectly; those escapes are for colors, but the emacs shell doesn't support them. Try M-x term instead for better support.

answered Dec 14, 2010 at 13:59

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Garret Raziel Over a year ago

Thanks. It works. Is there any way to get it working (e. g. set bash as a default terminal in emacs)?

Wooble Over a year ago

superuser.com/questions/201376/… has some solutions. (this probably should have been migrated there and closed as a duplicate...)

KeithB Over a year ago

@Garret: Just to clarify the difference: A shell, (bash, tcsh, etc.), at its most basic level, runs commands. A terminal, (xterm, emacs running shell or term, OS X Terminal, etc.) displays the input and output to a shell. The terminal is what interprets the escape codes to change colors in the shell prompt. The problem that you are having is with the terminal, not the shell.

darioo · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-14 14:16:55Z

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You can also try M-x ansi-term, or even download Multi term and try that too.

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answered Dec 14, 2010 at 14:16

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