"startx -- -- " is always used because that is what I learned around 2005.
Does this matter? Does it change how X starts? On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 9:22 PM Greg A. Woods <wo...@planix.ca> wrote: > > At Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:39:41 -0500, Todd Gruhn <tgru...@gmail.com> wrote: > Subject: Tweeking xterm -title > > > > (/usr/pkg/bin/xterm -geometry 80x46+0+0 -title "$(date "+%A > > ----- %d - %B - %Y")" ) & > > > > > > Print todays-name and date. > > Note that, as I think others may have mentioned before, that'll just set > the title to the date time you start the xterm. It won't keep it > updated. > > I've long put the current time in my shell prompt, but never in a window > title. I run an xclock (or actually two, one with a dial, one digital) > to see the current date and time. > > Note you can very easily update the title of your xterm from within by > generating output using the appropriate shell function. > > I have my shell environment set up such that I wrap some commands, most > especially "cd" with an alias and/or a function (depending on the shell > type) such that the wrapper can call a function to change the window > title every time I change directories in the shell session. > > The guts of that shell function boil down to a "printf" command > (nominally, or an "echo" command if the host system has no printf(1)) > that sets the title to the value of a shell variable: > > printf "\033]0;%s\007" "${TBANNER}" > > As I may have mentioned before, all the gory details to my login setup > can be found here: > > https://github.com/robohack/dotfiles > > If you have any questions, let me know! > > > > How do I print it as black-text in the xterm-frame?? > > I think that'll depend on which window manager you use. In X11 the > window manager is in charge of the window decorations (frame border, > title, etc.). For ctwm(1) the "TitleForeground" and "TitleBackground" > lists are used to set the colours of the window titles. > > > > AND why can I only do this on the first xterm ?? > > I'm not sure what you mean. Are you not starting all xterms with the > same "-title" argument every time? > > > > startx -- -- fails for some reason. > > Why specify the '--' option when you have no other options? > > Why specify the '--' option twice? > > The output from startx should directly show any obvious errors on the > terminal shell session where you run it from. (There may/will also be > logs generated by the Xserver program itself.) > > "startx" is just a shell script, so you can run it with "sh -x" to see > what it is doing and how far it gets. > > -- > Greg A. Woods <gwo...@acm.org> > > Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack <wo...@robohack.ca> > Planix, Inc. <wo...@planix.com> Avoncote Farms <wo...@avoncote.ca>