Open an Emacs buffer when a command tries to open an editor in shell-mode

Question

I like to use Emacs\' shell mode, but it has a few deficiencies. One of those is that it\'s not smart enough to open a new buffer when a shell command tries to invoke an editor.

Answer 1

Not entirely true. ansi-term can run an emacs fine (although I usually run mg for commit logs, in the rare event I don't commit from emacs directly). eshell can also run an emacs if you start a screen first and run it from within there.