FVWM: Xterm titles

From: Andy Arbon <andy_at_andrewarbon.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:08:49 +0100

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Hello,

Firstly, I'm not 100% sure this is really on topic on the FVWM list for
which I apologise, but it's definitely a related query.

I am looking for a way to make it easier to tell the many xterms I
always end up running apart in the window lists. What I am currently
thinking of doing is changing the title of each xterm to something like
"xterm (<username>) - <last issued command>"

Using the environment variable PROMPT_COMMAND I can give bash a command
to execute before it draws each prompt, which would seem to be the right
time to do the change. What I don't know is how to change the xterm
title from within bash - is it possible, and if so, how?

Many thanks,

Andy

PS. If anyone else has any other ideas on how to solve the problem of
making the xterms easier to tell apart I'd be interested to hear them.

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