I just can't use eshell. Too many programs I use expect a terminal. They use control and render codes, emoji, etc that eshell doesn't understand. And there are

I just can't use eshell. Too many programs I use expect a terminal. They use control and render codes, emoji, etc that eshell doesn't understand. And there are no Emacs alternatives for them nor am I interested in developing one. The ansi-term mode is annoying. It doesn't work like regular Emacs so it messes up all of your keybindings. It's much easier to just use a decent terminal emulator and live with the cruft than to fight it.