Re: FVWM: Title bar title changing

From: Amir J. Katz <amir_at_piccard.ddddf.com>
Date: Mon May 27 05:37:03 1996

>>>>> "Ken" == Ken Dickerson <kdicke_at_atl.com> writes:

Ken; I am new to this list, so forgive me if this question has been asked and/or
Ken; beaten to death. I have newly started using fvwm. One of the things I was
Ken; doing when I was in Motif, was to use the Xterm Control Sequences to change
Ken; the icon name and window title. I would like to continue doing that in fvwm,
Ken; but have found that the same sequences do not affect the title. Is there
Ken; any simple way I can change the title via a script or alias? I need to
Ken; change it frequently. Are there different sequences used for fvwm that I
Ken; can get a hold of?

To add to this thread: If you use tcsh version 6 or higher, here's
a neat way to set xterm's title & icon in one fell swoop.

Please note that the '^g' is literally '^' and 'g'. tcsh will
replace it with CTRL-G; '\e' is escape, and again tcsh will do the
substitution.

Enjoy.

---------------------- cut & paste ------------------
# Snippets from Amir's .tcshrc

if ("$tcsh" == "1") then
   set TCSH_VERSION = 5
else
   set TCSH_VERSION = `echo $tcsh | awk -F. '{print $1}'` # Should give 6
endif

if ($TCSH_VERSION >= 6) then
   # all kinds of things ...
   # ...
   set prompt = '%M:%U%~%u [%h]%# ' # include underlined dir, home as '~'
endif

if ("$TERM" == "xterm") then
   # Install 'host: dir' in xterm titlebar and 'host' in icon name
   set prompt = "%{\e]2\;%m: %/^g\e]1;%m^g\r%}""$prompt"
endif

# The end.
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Received on Mon May 27 1996 - 05:37:03 BST

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