Re: FVWM: Window title for xterm

From: Ron Kellam <ronk_at_hpato.aus.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 08:16:42 +1000 (EST)

Thus spake Rasmus Peter Tamstorf <c918885_at_student.dtu.dk>
> This question may not belong to this list, but anyway ...
>
> Is it possible to change the title/iconname of a xterm-window dynamically
> to show the name of the process running in the foreground if such one exists
> or if such one does not exist the current directory ?
>
> I am using the taskbar in fvwm2, but it looses some of its value when you
> have 5 icons all named 'xterm'. It would be really nice if you could see
> what was running in those xterms.
>
> Rasmus

Below is a snippet from a TCL script I use to set the title of each new xterm I
create. The key is the ESC sequences...

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proc setXTermTitle {title} {
  # Set title of the XTERM
  puts -nonewline "\033]2;$title\007";
  # Set ICON label of XTERM
  puts -nonewline "\033]1;$title\007";
}

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Cheers,

Ron


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