Re: xterm title setting breaks when upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit cygwin
On 01/08/2013 01:55, Jeremy Elson wrote: I recently upgraded from the 32-bit to the 64-bit build of Cygwin 1.7.22 on Windows 8 x64. For the most part, everything works identically (except faster!). But I have noticed one problem: xterm no longer seems to respond to the magic escape codes that change its title. My shell uses this to update the title to reflect the current hostname and working directory, but after the upgrade all my xterms just have the same title: tcsh. I haven't seen any mention of this bug on the mailing lists. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Thanks for pointing out this problem. It seems that x86_64 X server has a bug that meant that no window could change it's title after it started. I've uploaded a snapshot at [1]. Perhaps you could try that and see if it improves things for you? [1] ftp://cygwin.com/pub/cygwinx/XWin.x86_64.20130801-git-beadc5a3202e096a.exe.bz2 -- Jon TURNEY Volunteer Cygwin/X X Server maintainer -- 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/
Re: xterm title setting breaks when upgrading from 32-bit to 64-bit cygwin
On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Jon TURNEY jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk wrote: On 01/08/2013 01:55, Jeremy Elson wrote: I recently upgraded from the 32-bit to the 64-bit build of Cygwin 1.7.22 on Windows 8 x64. For the most part, everything works identically (except faster!). But I have noticed one problem: xterm no longer seems to respond to the magic escape codes that change its title. My shell uses this to update the title to reflect the current hostname and working directory, but after the upgrade all my xterms just have the same title: tcsh. I haven't seen any mention of this bug on the mailing lists. Is anyone else experiencing this problem? Thanks for pointing out this problem. It seems that x86_64 X server has a bug that meant that no window could change it's title after it started. I've uploaded a snapshot at [1]. Perhaps you could try that and see if it improves things for you? [1] ftp://cygwin.com/pub/cygwinx/XWin.x86_64.20130801-git-beadc5a3202e096a.exe.bz2 Thanks for the very fast followup - yes, using the XWin binary below, my xterm can now set its title correctly! Thanks again, and regards, Jeremy -- 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/
Re: Xterm Title
Hi Ajay, On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 5:59 AM, Ajay Jain wrote: Hi, I want my Xterm to display a constant title say mercury. So I use: Xterm -T mercury. Further, I have placed the following line in my .Xresources: xterm*allowTitleOps: 0. From my .vnc/xstartup, I also do: xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources. Even then my Xterm title changes to logn...@hostname:pwd. I want to avoid it and replace this with a fixed title. Could you suggest something? After all, what is it that is going wrong? I am also trying to set PROMT_COMMAND, without any success. Check your prompt ($PS1) for xterm title escape sequences (http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Xterm-Title.html), like \[\e]0; ... stuff ... \a\] -- GCS a+ e++ d- C++ ULS$ L+$ !E- W++ P+++$ w++$ tv+ b++ DI D++ 5++ Life is complex, with real and imaginary parts. Ok, it boots. Which means it must be bug-free and perfect. -- Linus Torvalds People disagree with me. I just ignore them. -- Linus Torvalds -- 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/
Xterm Title
Hi, I want my Xterm to display a constant title say mercury. So I use: Xterm -T mercury. Further, I have placed the following line in my .Xresources: xterm*allowTitleOps: 0. From my .vnc/xstartup, I also do: xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources. Even then my Xterm title changes to logn...@hostname:pwd. I want to avoid it and replace this with a fixed title. Could you suggest something? After all, what is it that is going wrong? I am also trying to set PROMT_COMMAND, without any success. Regards, Ajay. -- 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/
Setting xterm title over ssh problems
Forgive me if this is not really a cygwin question, I'm uncertain. I 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 $CWD. specifically: execute startxwin.exe [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ ssh -Y remoteHost [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ xterm -title wazzap So I read http://www.nabble.com/How-to-add-a-title-to-xterm-tf679887.html and tried the script contained in that thread: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sbin]$ ./setxtitle.sh wazzap \033]0;wazzap\a\c also tried: [EMAIL PROTECTED] sbin]$ \033]0;wazzap\a\c $(tty) but neither had any effect. Could someone please point me in the right direction? FYI: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.1 my-pc 1.5.21(0.156/4/2) 2006-07-30 14:21 i686 Cygwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] sbin]$ uname -a Linux remotehost 2.4.21-40.ELsmp #1 SMP Thu Feb 2 22:22:39 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Setting-xterm-title-over-ssh-problems-tf2908624.html#a8126021 Sent from the cygwin-xfree mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
RE: Setting xterm title over ssh problems
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/
xterm title not setable
Hi, I'm running a pretty new cygwin installation (started from scratch about a month ago) and can't get the title of an xterm window to be anything other than the current directory. I'm running on win XP. I start the cygwin X server, and get an xterm. I then launch new xterm windows with xterm -title foo, xterm -T foo, xterm -name foo, xterm -e some-command, and always, the window's title, both in the window title bar and on the windows taskbar at the screen bottom, is always the current dir. It seems I sometimes see another title briefly flash on the title bar, only to succumb to the awesome might of pwd... Any ideas? Thanks. -- 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/
xterm title not shown
The title of xterm defined with option -T or -title does not appear in the title bar, instead the current directory is shown there. I do not know whether this is a problem of xterm or the window manager, but it happens both with twm and mwm.
Re: xterm title not shown
I wrote in [EMAIL PROTECTED] in gmane.os.cygwin on Wed, 15 May 2002 21:41:14 +0100: The default /etc/profile sets up PS1 with the xterm escape sequences to put the username and current directory into the title. Either edit /etc/profile or override it in your ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bash_rc. Sorry. That should have been ~/.bashrc, of course. -- Sam Edge
