On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Michael K O'Brien wrote: > > > About two weeks ago, I found that I could no longer set the window and > > > icon > > > title of an xterm or rxvt window with the following script: > > > > > > echo -n "\033]0;$*\007" > > > > Try echo -ne, make sure you haven't got PROMPT_COMMAND set to something > > that overrides it, and haven't embedded a similar sequence in PS1 either. > > Thanks, but the -ne didn't fix it. I don't have PROMPT_COMMAND or PS1 set to > anything.
For the record, it doesn't work at all for me w/o the 'e' switch (nor would I expect it to). What version of xterm are you using? Also: OSC 0; <TITLE> BEL ( "\033]0;$*\007" ) is deprecated: does OSC 0; <TITLE> ST ( "\033]0;$*\033\\" ) work any better?
