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I am using Emacs 23.3.1 on windows 7. I know that I can run shell from emacs using M-x shell. I would like to have multiple shell windows in the same time, but typing M-x shell a second time just opens me the same shell window.
Is there a way to have different shell windows?
C-u M-x shell will do it.
It will prompt for a name for the new shell, just hit return for the default (which will be something like
*shell*<2>.Also works with eshell.
Another trick, if you use eshell: just as M-x eshell takes you back to
*eshell*(rather than starting a new eshell), if you use a numeric prefix argument it will take you to that eshell buffer. For instance, C-3M-xeshell will take you to*eshell*<3>. Sadly if you use shell (rather than eshell), this trick doesn’t seem to work (in my Emacs 24.0.50.1 at least.)