pgrodt wrote on Tuesday, January 02, 2007 3:59 PM:: > Forgive me if this is not really a cygwin question, I'm uncertain. I
It isn't really, but... > am spawning xterm instances while ssh fowarding a linux box to > cygwin-xfree, and am unable to set the title of these windows. I > first tried calling xterm with the '-title' argument, which works for > about a 10th of a second and then resets to $CWD. The fact that your title appears momentarily, before being changed suggests that either $PS1 or $PROMPT_COMMAND already includes a command that sets the title. Try setting PS1='\$ ' and unsetting PROMPT_COMMAND, then try again. Phil -- 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/