Rename ansi-term buffer

Question

How does one rename a buffer that's associated with an ansi-term?

I'd like to create several buffers:

M-x ansi-term 
Run program: /bin/bash

and then rename these buffers to reflect what they are used for. Right now the defaults are:

*ansi-term* 
*ansi-term*<2> 
*ansi-term*<3>

But I'd like to rename them to something more meaningful.

Answer 1

How does one rename a buffer that's associated with an ansi-term?

I'd like to create several buffers:

M-x ansi-term 
Run program: /bin/bash

and then rename these buffers to reflect what they are used for. Right now the defaults are:

*ansi-term* 
*ansi-term*<2> 
*ansi-term*<3>

But I'd like to rename them to something more meaningful.

Answer 2

From source article: https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/running-shells-in-emacs-overview You can switch between so called line mode and char mode to achieve your goal. Use Ctrl-C Ctrl-j to switch to line mode, then you can use classic commands like Mx rename-buffer Use Ctrl-C Ctrl-k to return to char mode where each character is sent directly to the underlying inferior shell without preprocessing by Emacs