On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Jon TURNEY <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk> wrote: > On 01/08/2013 01:55, Jeremy Elson wrote: > > I recently upgraded from the 32-bit to the 64-bit build of Cygwin > > 1.7.22 on Windows 8 x64. For the most part, everything works > > identically (except faster!). But I have noticed one problem: xterm no > > longer seems to respond to the magic escape codes that change its > > title. My shell uses this to update the title to reflect the current > > hostname and working directory, but after the upgrade all my xterms > > just have the same title: "tcsh". > > > > I haven't seen any mention of this bug on the mailing lists. Is anyone > > else experiencing this problem? > > Thanks for pointing out this problem. > > It seems that x86_64 X server has a bug that meant that no window could > change > it's title after it started. > > I've uploaded a snapshot at [1]. Perhaps you could try that and see if it > improves things for you? > > [1] > ftp://cygwin.com/pub/cygwinx/XWin.x86_64.20130801-git-beadc5a3202e096a.exe.bz2 >
Thanks for the very fast followup - yes, using the XWin binary below, my xterm can now set its title correctly! Thanks again, and regards, Jeremy -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/