[erlang-questions] get erlang-shell working, displayed & active right after emacs startup

[Steve Vinoski]

On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 10:41 AM, ami <m3oucat@REDACTED> wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> I’m trying to run erlang shell at Emacs startup.
> Just to get a some kind of IDE, when I have an erlang shell, an editor
> window, etc
> right after startup.
>
> And I faced with the same problem as had been once arisen here
>
> (http://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2004-January/011042.html )
>
> So, I start erlang shell by
>
> (erlang-shell)
> in .emacs
>
> but it’s not in active buffer. I, of course, can switch to *erlang* buffer
> afterwards.
> But I don’t want to switch to *erlang* buffer manually always :(
>
> I tried (sit-for 20) right after (erlang-shell), like
>
> (erlang-shell)
> (sit-for 20)
>
> And I do have an erlang shell displayed in emacs right after startup.
> But when I press any key/mouse button, it disappears :(
> But I can switch to *erlang* buffer manually (it’s not the case).
>
> (switch-to-buffer "*erlang*”)
>
> doesn’t work as well.(if I place it in .emacs right after (erlang-shell) )
>
> Has anybody got erlang shell displayed & working & active right after
> emacs startup?


You might try something like this in your ~/.emacs file:

(add-hook 'erlang-shell-mode-hook
  '(lambda () (delete-other-windows (display-buffer "*erlang*"))))
(erlang-shell)

--steve
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