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Newer page: | version 12 | Last edited on Monday, October 1, 2007 11:27:12 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | |
Older page: | version 11 | Last edited on Monday, October 1, 2007 7:15:32 am | by CraigBox | Revert |
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All of these can also be put into your <tt>.Xresources</tt> so that they will be permanently active without having to pass all these parameters to xterm every time.
!!! Setting the window title
-<tt>echo -ne "\033]0This
is a title\007"</tt>
+<tt>echo -ne "__
\033]__''This
is a title''__
\007__
"</tt>
The number after the ] can be 0, 1 or 2:
-<tt>\033]0TITLE
\007</tt>
- Set both the icon name and window title to TITLE
-<tt>\033]1TITLE
\007</tt>
- Set just the icon name to TITLE
-<tt>\033]2TITLE
\007</tt>
- Set just the window title to TITLE
+<tt>__
\033]__''title''__
\007__
</tt>
+ Set both the icon name and window title
+<tt>__
\033]1__''title''__
\007__
</tt>
+ Set just the icon name
+<tt>__
\033]2__''title''__
\007__
</tt>
+ Set just the window title
-Check your .bashrc to see that the PROMPT_COMMAND variable
isn't set to overwrite your newly set window title every time it displays a prompt.
+Check your <tt>
.bashrc</tt>
to see that the <tt>
PROMPT_COMMAND</tt> EnvironmentVariable
isn't set to overwrite your newly set window title every time it displays a prompt.
!!! The full nitty-gritty
See xterm(1).