command prompt window title
I'm running cygwin's latest version 1.3.22-1. When I run cygwin from my desktop, it brings up a command prompt window with a title "Cygwin". I modified cygwin.bat to make my default shell tcsh. Anyway, after I run vi, the window title changes to "vi " where is the file that I'm editing. When I quit vi, the title of the window remains that way until I quit the window, or I use vi again with another file, in which case it changes to "vi ". When running things like gcc or make the window title doesn't get affected at all...it continues to show "Cygwin", unless I had previously run vi in that window. Is there a way to fix this? Is this a know issue? I have the screen shots at: http://www.ee.duke.edu/~ag/cygerrs.pdf Thanks, -Anoop -- Anoop Ghanwani - Lantern Communications - 408-521-6707 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: command prompt window title
| When running things like gcc or make the window | title doesn't get affected at all...it continues | to show "Cygwin", unless I had previously run | vi in that window. | | Is there a way to fix this? Is this a know | issue? Bash sets the window-title through its prompt, set in /etc/profile (if my memory doesn't serve me tooo wrong.. So if you want your tcsh to do the same, is to modify its prompt. /Andy -- The eye of the beholder rests on the beauty! -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: command prompt window title
* Anoop Ghanwani (03-03-31 21:38 +0100) > I'm running cygwin's latest version 1.3.22-1. > When I run cygwin from my desktop, it brings > up a command prompt window with a title "Cygwin". > I modified cygwin.bat to make my default shell > tcsh. > > Anyway, after I run vi, the window title changes > to "vi " where is the file that > I'm editing. When I quit vi, the title of the > window remains that way until I quit the window, > or I use vi again with another file, in which > case it changes to "vi ". > > When running things like gcc or make the window > title doesn't get affected at all...it continues > to show "Cygwin", unless I had previously run > vi in that window. Try title/notitle[1] and another shell (bash/zsh) and see what's happening. Thorsten [1] http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html -- Content-Type: text/explicit; charset=ISO-8859-666 (Parental Advisory) Content-Transfer-Warning: message contains innuendos not suited for children under the age of 18 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: command prompt window title
Anoop, At 11:38 2003-03-31, you wrote: I'm running cygwin's latest version 1.3.22-1. When I run cygwin from my desktop, it brings up a command prompt window with a title "Cygwin". I modified cygwin.bat to make my default shell tcsh. Anyway, after I run vi, the window title changes to "vi " where is the file that I'm editing. When I quit vi, the title of the window remains that way until I quit the window, or I use vi again with another file, in which case it changes to "vi ". It sounds to me like there's a script or other intervening command definition handling your invocation of "vi." Please show us the output of "where vi" (assuming, as you state above, that you're using tcsh). If you're using BASH, then show us the output of "type -a vi". When running things like gcc or make the window title doesn't get affected at all...it continues to show "Cygwin", unless I had previously run vi in that window. Is there a way to fix this? Is this a know issue? I have the screen shots at: http://www.ee.duke.edu/~ag/cygerrs.pdf Thanks, -Anoop -- Anoop Ghanwani Randall Schulz -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: command prompt window title
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Anoop, > > At 11:38 2003-03-31, you wrote: > > >I'm running cygwin's latest version 1.3.22-1. > >When I run cygwin from my desktop, it brings > >up a command prompt window with a title "Cygwin". > >I modified cygwin.bat to make my default shell > >tcsh. > > > >Anyway, after I run vi, the window title changes > >to "vi " where is the file that > >I'm editing. When I quit vi, the title of the > >window remains that way until I quit the window, > >or I use vi again with another file, in which > >case it changes to "vi ". > > It sounds to me like there's a script or other intervening command > definition handling your invocation of "vi." > > Please show us the output of "where vi" (assuming, as you state above, > that you're using tcsh). If you're using BASH, then show us the output > of "type -a vi". > > >When running things like gcc or make the window > >title doesn't get affected at all...it continues > >to show "Cygwin", unless I had previously run > >vi in that window. > > > >Is there a way to fix this? Is this a know > >issue? > > > >I have the screen shots at: > >http://www.ee.duke.edu/~ag/cygerrs.pdf > > > >Thanks, > >-Anoop > >-- > >Anoop Ghanwani > > Randall Schulz Randall, Most likely there is no wrapper script. This is an option of "vim" itself. In vim, "help title". Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. -- Leto II -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: command prompt window title
At 15:19 2003-03-31, you wrote: On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote: > Anoop, > > At 11:38 2003-03-31, you wrote: > > >... > > > >Anyway, after I run vi, the window title changes > >to "vi " where is the file that > >I'm editing. When I quit vi, the title of the > >window remains that way until I quit the window, > >or I use vi again with another file, in which > >case it changes to "vi ". > > It sounds to me like there's a script or other intervening command > definition handling your invocation of "vi." > > Please show us the output of "where vi" (assuming, as you state above, > that you're using tcsh). If you're using BASH, then show us the output > of "type -a vi". > > ... > > >Thanks, > >-Anoop > > Randall Schulz Randall, Most likely there is no wrapper script. This is an option of "vim" itself. In vim, "help title". Igor Igor, That explains why I could not find documentation for the "title / notitle" command when Thorsten mentioned it: I looked in the man and info documentation. However, in my Cygwin Vim I cannot get a title to show even when I ":set titlestring=something" and ":set title". I tried suspending and resuming Vim, too, but still no title. Vim --version" does indicate that it was configured for "+title," so I'm uncertain what I'm doing wrong that keeps me from getting a title. Maybe it's being displaced through time and space to Anoop's system. Randall Schulz -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: command prompt window title
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote: > At 15:19 2003-03-31, you wrote: > >On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > > > Anoop, > > > > > > At 11:38 2003-03-31, you wrote: > > > > > > >... > > > > > > > >Anyway, after I run vi, the window title changes > > > >to "vi " where is the file that > > > >I'm editing. When I quit vi, the title of the > > > >window remains that way until I quit the window, > > > >or I use vi again with another file, in which > > > >case it changes to "vi ". > > > > > > It sounds to me like there's a script or other intervening command > > > definition handling your invocation of "vi." > > > > > > Please show us the output of "where vi" (assuming, as you state above, > > > that you're using tcsh). If you're using BASH, then show us the output > > > of "type -a vi". > > > > > > ... > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > >-Anoop > > > > > > Randall Schulz > > > >Randall, > > > >Most likely there is no wrapper script. This is an option of "vim" > >itself. In vim, "help title". > > Igor > > Igor, > > That explains why I could not find documentation for the "title / > notitle" command when Thorsten mentioned it: I looked in the man and > info documentation. > > However, in my Cygwin Vim I cannot get a title to show even when I > ":set titlestring=something" and ":set title". I tried suspending and > resuming Vim, too, but still no title. Vim --version" does indicate > that it was configured for "+title," so I'm uncertain what I'm doing > wrong that keeps me from getting a title. Maybe it's being displaced > through time and space to Anoop's system. > > Randall Schulz Randall, I believe the title/notitle Thorsten meant was the option in the CYGWIN environment variable, and had nothing to do with vim. As for vim, when TERM=cygwin, the title of the Cygwin console is not changed, but I think this is related to the incomplete terminfo entry for cygwin. If you set TERM=xterm (in the Cygwin console), vim *will* set the title (I used the example in "help title"). Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. -- Leto II -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: command prompt window title
At 17:02 2003-03-31, you wrote: > >Randall, > > > >Most likely there is no wrapper script. This is an option of "vim" > >itself. In vim, "help title". > > Igor > > Igor, > > That explains why I could not find documentation for the "title / > notitle" command when Thorsten mentioned it: I looked in the man and > info documentation. > > However, in my Cygwin Vim I cannot get a title to show even when I > ":set titlestring=something" and ":set title". I tried suspending and > resuming Vim, too, but still no title. Vim --version" does indicate > that it was configured for "+title," so I'm uncertain what I'm doing > wrong that keeps me from getting a title. Maybe it's being displaced > through time and space to Anoop's system. > > Randall Schulz Randall, I believe the title/notitle Thorsten meant was the option in the CYGWIN environment variable, and had nothing to do with vim. As for vim, when TERM=cygwin, the title of the Cygwin console is not changed, but I think this is related to the incomplete terminfo entry for cygwin. If you set TERM=xterm (in the Cygwin console), vim *will* set the title (I used the example in "help title"). Igor Igor, OK, but then why did you tell me this: This is an option of "vim" itself. In vim, "help title". Really, it's of little consequence to me, but here's an excerpt from the Vim on-line help text: Only works if the terminal supports setting window titles (currently Amiga console, Win32 console, all GUI versions and terminals with a non- empty 't_ts' option - these are Unix xterm and iris-ansi by default, where 't_ts' is taken from the builtin termcap). I know very little about termcap or terminfo (nor which of them Vim uses), but if I cared enough about why this appears not to work for me, I'm sure I could figure it out. Here's a clue. Vim's ":set title" and ":set notitle" work if I invoke Vim thusly: % TERM=xterm vi The title string is restored to it's initial value and reset to Vim's titlestring setting when Vim is suspended and resumed (resp.), too. So it seems the termcap and / or terminfo descriptions for TERM=cygwin could have the necessary capabilities added (apparently identical to those used by xterm) so Vim could control the window title under the Cygwin console. Randall Schulz -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: command prompt window title
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote: > At 17:02 2003-03-31, you wrote: > > > >Randall, > > > > > > > >Most likely there is no wrapper script. This is an option of "vim" > > > >itself. In vim, "help title". > > > > Igor > > > > > > Igor, > > > > > > That explains why I could not find documentation for the "title / > > > notitle" command when Thorsten mentioned it: I looked in the man and > > > info documentation. > > > [snip] > > > Randall Schulz > > > >Randall, > > > >I believe the title/notitle Thorsten meant was the option in the CYGWIN > >environment variable, and had nothing to do with vim. > > > >As for vim, when TERM=cygwin, the title of the Cygwin console is not > >changed, but I think this is related to the incomplete terminfo entry for > >cygwin. If you set TERM=xterm (in the Cygwin console), vim *will* set the > >title (I used the example in "help title"). > > Igor > > Igor, > > OK, but then why did you tell me this: > > >This is an option of "vim" itself. In vim, "help title". > [snip] Randall, I was responding to your comment below: > >On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > > > It sounds to me like there's a script or other intervening command > > > definition handling your invocation of "vi." > [snip] > Here's a clue. Vim's ":set title" and ":set notitle" work if I invoke > Vim thusly: > > % TERM=xterm vi > > The title string is restored to it's initial value and reset to Vim's > titlestring setting when Vim is suspended and resumed (resp.), too. Isn't that what I said above? ;-) > So it seems the termcap and / or terminfo descriptions for TERM=cygwin > could have the necessary capabilities added (apparently identical to > those used by xterm) so Vim could control the window title under the > Cygwin console. > > Randall Schulz Yep. That's what I meant by "an incomplete terminfo entry for cygwin". Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty. -- Leto II -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: command prompt window title
Randall, You were right. My path was setup so that instead of picking up /usr/bin/vi, it was picking up my DOS version of vi. Once I corrected that, the window title always shows "Cygwin" and never changes regardless of what I'm running. Thanks, -Anoop PS: Thanks to all who replied. I'm not subscribed to the Cygwin list to it took me a while to check the responses in the archives and get back. === At 11:38 2003-03-31, you wrote: > I'm running cygwin's latest version 1.3.22-1. > When I run cygwin from my desktop, it brings > up a command prompt window with a title "Cygwin". > I modified cygwin.bat to make my default shell > tcsh. > Anyway, after I run vi, the window title changes > to "vi " where is the file that > I'm editing. When I quit vi, the title of the > window remains that way until I quit the window, > or I use vi again with another file, in which > case it changes to "vi ". It sounds to me like there's a script or other intervening command definition handling your invocation of "vi." Please show us the output of "where vi" (assuming, as you state above, that you're using tcsh). If you're using BASH, then show us the output of "type -a vi". -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
