On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 03:08:49PM +0100, Andy Arbon wrote:
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> Hello,
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> 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?
There are some special escape sequences that chenge the window
title. Use this command:
printf "\e]2;"blabla"\a"
And replace "blabla" with the desired text. In zsh, the syntax is
print -Pn "\e]2;blabla\a"
> 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.
In the 2.5.x branch (unstable development versions at the moment),
Windows with the same title can be numbered with
Style * IndexedWindowName
So instead of
xterm
xterm
...
you get
xterm
xterm (2)
xterm (3)
...
Bye
Dominik ^_^ ^_^
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Received on Fri Sep 13 2002 - 09:30:13 BST