From: Andy Arbon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FVWM: Xterm titles Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 15:08:49 +0100
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > Firstly, I'm not 100% sure this is really on topic on the FVWM list for > which I apologise, but it's definitely a related query. > > I am looking for a way to make it easier to tell the many xterms I > always end up running apart in the window lists. What I am currently > thinking of doing is changing the title of each xterm to something like > "xterm (<username>) - <last issued command>" > > Using the environment variable PROMPT_COMMAND I can give bash a command > to execute before it draws each prompt, which would seem to be the right > time to do the change. What I don't know is how to change the xterm > title from within bash - is it possible, and if so, how? Hi Andy Check out http://cns.georgetown.edu/~ric/howto/Xterm-Title/ Cheers Ric Richard J Lister Dept of Neuroscience Georgetown University Medical Center http://cns.georgetown.edu/~ric/ -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
