On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 01:23:30PM +0200, Kai Weber wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am searching for a way to set the Xterminals window title when running
> mutt in such a window. I have no idea where to start.
>
> I would like to see the for example "Mutt - list.mutt-users 31/301" or
> something similar.
I'll share my xtitle function.
function xtitle
{
echo -n "ESC]2;$1^G"
}
The ESC is a real escape, and the ^G is Ctrl-G. Use Vi to put those
characters in literally. Then, xtitle <title> should change any terminal that
speaks xterm, which is pretty much everything.
Mike
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