Are you using xterms (or any variant thereof)?
If you do, you can achieve this using simple escape sequences on your command
line.
For example, I have these funcs defined in my .profile:
# Sorry for the french: Translation: set window title
# Fonction pour mettre le titre de la fenetre a une valeur quelconque.
set_wmtitle() {
if [ ".$1" = "." ]; then
echo "Utilisation: set_wmtitle TITRE"
else
echo "]2;$1\c"
fi
}
# Translation: Set Icon title
# Fonction pour changer le nom de l'icon
set_wmicon() {
if [ ".$1" = "." ]; then
echo "Utilisation: set_wmicon TITRE"
else
echo "]1;$1\c"
fi
}
# Augment the 'cd' command: this one puts the PWD in the title bar
cdd() {
if [ $SHELL = zsh ]; then
OLDCWD=`pwd`;command cd;cd $1;CWD=`pwd`
else
OLDCWD=`pwd`;unalias cd;cd $1;CWD=`pwd`; alias cd=cdd
fi
# PS1="../`basename $CWD`> "
echo "]2;LOGIN - [$HOST":"$LOGNAME] $CWD\c"
}
# If not using VIM...
# use this to put the buffer name in the window title area
# VI pour mettre le nom du fichier ainsi que le CWD dans le haut de la fenetre
_vi() {
# CSH Syntaxe
# echo "]2; [$HOST":" $CWD] \!*"; ex -v \!*; mypwd'
# KSH Syntax
echo "]2; [$HOST":" $CWD] $*"; ex -v $*;cdd $CWD
}
Hope this helps a little..
Best Regards
===>Bill OConnor writes:
Bill> I'm currently using FVWM95 with RH Linux 5.2. I keep a lot of shell
Bill> windows open but I'm unable to tell which one is which in the
Bill> taskbar. It would be nice if the working directory would show up in
Bill> the window title and in the taskbar when the window is reduced.
Bill> Maybe this is already possible. I would delve into this myself but I
Bill> just have to many other projects to work on at the moment that are
Bill> not optional.
Bill> Another small but sometimes annoying occurrence is popup menus near
Bill> the right side of the screen. If you right click close to the right
Bill> side, roll over an item that is itself a menu, the new menu pops up
Bill> over the top of the current menu, preventing selection of the next
Bill> item. The new menu should popup to the left of the current menu.
Bill> Just a few suggestion to make things a little more usable.
Bill> -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:
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