I have this at the end of my .zshrc, but only useful if you use zsh:
if [[ $TERM = *xterm* ]]; then
# set the xterm title, just for fun
preexec () {
echo -ne "]0;${(q)1}"
}
fi
On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 12:01:26PM +0000, Tuomo Valkonen wrote:
> On 2005-04-08, Hans Sjunnesson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I was wondering if it's possible to change the title on my tabs. Some
> > applications I run under screen won't update their titles, so I get just
> > the stock, repeated xterm title, which makes it hard to tell the
> > applications apart.
>
> titleset.sh:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> if [ $# != 1 ]; then
> echo "Usage: $0 xterm_title"
> exit 1
> fi
>
> echo -ne "\e]0;$1\a"
>
>
> It might also be possible to configure bash or whatever to set the title.
> I think I've also seen screen update the title to the name of the currently
> running program....
>
> --
> Tuomo
>
>
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