On Mon, 2014-04-14 at 14:19 -0400, David Conrad wrote: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 12:13:07PM -0700, Ross Boylan wrote: > >> > >> echo -ne '\e]0;Title\a' > >> > > > > [The] title will stay the same if something intercepts that sequence, and it > > will probably appear to stay the same if something resets it immediately > > (many Bash shell prompts do just that). > > > > The fact that something else might reset it *immediately after* you > set it is really important. It can make it look like something you are > trying doesn't work **when it actually does work**.
I agree, but I'm quite sure that's not my problem. I only have the problem inside emacs (usually inside screen, but it doesn't seem to matter). The title I'm seeing is from a different system, earlier in the ssh chain. I tried it (using ], not [) and it didn't work; instead some characters appeared in the emacs window. I also checked PS1 and COMMAND_PROMPT; neither was generating any special characters. Setting COMMAND_PROMPT to the echo command simply puts the characters in front of the command line. Ross > > I would suggest using a command like this to test setting it: > > echo -ne "\e[0;This is a test\a"; sleep 5 > > That way, the title, if it's getting set at all, will remain set for a > few seconds before it gets reset, so you can see it. That will allow > you to tell the difference between a problem where the escape sequence > is never reaching mintty because something is eating it, and one where > the escape sequence is getting through just fine, but something, like > the bash PS1 prompt, is immediately overwriting it. > > Good luck. > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple