Have you tried term/ansi-term mode in Emacs 24? I thought it (and eshell) weren't that usable in 23 but just this past week I decided to give them another go in

Have you tried term/ansi-term mode in Emacs 24? I thought it (and eshell) weren't that usable in 23 but just this past week I decided to give them another go in 24. It's a huge improvement, I went from a standalone iTerm/st and occasional shell mode to eshell and ansi-term for everything. So much better.