Question

When running terminal mode in Emacs using M-x term using C-x C-o I cannot switch to another buffer to continue working on things. I know that this is possible with M-x shell but with this command there are certain aspects of the shell that do not work (less, more, man pages, etc…). I was wondering if there is a way around this or if when using terminal mode you are confined to the buffer that the terminal is open in until you exit.

Answer 1

In terminal mode you have to use C-c o to switch to the other buffer. C-c is the “terminal escape character”

http://www.gnu.org/s/libtool/manual/emacs/Terminal-emulator.html