Re: xtset or xtermset tricks?
On Tuesday, 17 August 2004 at 11:38:33 -0400, Duane Winner wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Hey, does anybody know of any useful tricks for automating xtset or
> xtermset?
>
> I use xtset to set the title and icon labels to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:path so I can
> keep track of my xterms littered all over my desktop (pretty frequent! :)
>
> But it sure would be nice to have them updated whenever I 'cd' to
> another directory or 'su' to another user or 'ssh' to another host!
>
> I'm sure there's got to be someway to make this a little more seamless
> then running # xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd` everytime, but I'm just not good enough
> with shell programming to know how to do this.
>
> The closest I came was writing a small bash script that does:
>
>for filename in /dev/ttyp*; do
> /usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd` > "$filename"
>done
Here's what I do (in .bashrc):
ssh ()
{
xtset -t $*
xtset -i "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:%D"
command ssh $*
xtset -t "%u (%T) %h:%D"
xtset -i "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:%D"
}
cd ()
{
command cd $*
if [ $? = 0 ]; then
xtset -t "%u (%T) %h:%D"
xtset -i "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:%D"
true
else
false
fi
}
xtset -t "%u (%T) %h:%D"
xtset -i "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:%D"
The last two lines set the initial heading.
Note also that you can set headings from another window: xtset writes
to its stdout, so this will do what you expect:
xtset "Foo bah baz" >/dev/ttyp5
Greg
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Re: xtset or xtermset tricks?
Since you use bash, you can use the variable
PROMPT_COMMAND to execute something,
just before the shell prints out PS1. And then
you can set the xterm's title using something
like this:
echo -ne "\033]0;my xterm\007"
Cheers, NikV
On Tuesday 17 August 2004 20:10, Duane Winner wrote:
> This is a little better:
>
> cd ()
> {
> # do the actual cd
> builtin cd "$@"
>
> # if in homedir, then make path '~', not full path
> if [ $PWD == $HOME ]; then
> XTDIR="~"
> else
> XTDIR="$PWD"
> fi
>
> # set xtset title and icon to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:path
> /usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`echo $XTDIR`
> }
>
> # force an xtset title at shell login:
> cd
>
>
> -Duane
>
> Duane Winner wrote:
> > Found a solution!
> >
> > In ~/.bashrc, put this:
> >
> > cd ()
> > {
> >builtin cd "$@"
> >/usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd`
> > }
> >
> >
> >
> > -Duane
> >
> > Duane Winner wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> Hey, does anybody know of any useful tricks for automating xtset or
> >> xtermset?
> >>
> >> I use xtset to set the title and icon labels to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:path so I
> >> can keep track of my xterms littered all over my desktop (pretty
> >> frequent! :)
> >>
> >> But it sure would be nice to have them updated whenever I 'cd' to
> >> another directory or 'su' to another user or 'ssh' to another host!
> >>
> >> I'm sure there's got to be someway to make this a little more seamless
> >> then running # xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd` everytime, but I'm just not good
> >> enough with shell programming to know how to do this.
> >>
> >> The closest I came was writing a small bash script that does:
> >>
> >>for filename in /dev/ttyp*; do
> >> /usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd` > "$filename"
> >>done
> >>
> >> And thought about cron'ing it (every minute), but the problem is that
> >> when I tested this, all my xterms get the same title/icon based on who
> >> is running the script and where at the time. No good :(
> >> (And of course this would be useless to update the titles/icons for
> >> xterms that are remote shells (ssh).
> >>
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Duane
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Re: xtset or xtermset tricks?
On 2004-08-17 21:51, Duane Winner wrote:
Gary Kline wrote:
On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:41:02PM -0400, Duane Winner wrote:
Found a solution!
In ~/.bashrc, put this:
cd ()
{
builtin cd "$@"
/usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd`
}
I've got a slight problem with having the host/directory/etc on the
title bar. It will help clear my zsh right-prompt, of course.
But now, since I hammered out that little cd() function for .bashrc, I
found another little problem:
If I su to another user (for instance, "su - root"), the title changes
as long as the other account has my the function in .bashrc, but when
I exit, the title still has the old credentials (example:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~) until I cd somewhere again. Sigh.
Don't use cd aliases for showing the current path in your xterm
titlebar. There's a more elegant way involving PROMPT_COMMAND:
bash-2.05b$ export PS1='\$ '
$ export PROMPT_COMMAND='echo ::`pwd`::'
::/home/keramida::
$ cd /etc
::/etc::
$ cd /usr/src
::/usr/src::
$ exit
exit
You can set PROMPT_COMMAND to any command you want, no matter how
complicated. A nice wrapper script around your "usual stuff" for
PROMPT_COMMAND can be called too with:
$ export PROMPT_COMMAND='/home/keramida/bin/promptcmd.sh'
Regarding the current username, host name and directory, you might be
interested in this output too:
$ echo $USER
keramida
$ hostname -s
orion
$ echo $PWD
/home/keramida
$
- Giorgos
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Re: xtset or xtermset tricks?
On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 09:51:23PM -0400, Duane Winner wrote: > > > Gary Kline wrote: > > Is there a way of using xtset/xtermset to retrieve the > > -n "Name"?? > > Hm, not sure. I just started with xtset myself this morning when I > decided I was getting sick of having 10 xterm windows all over my lawn > with the name 'xterm'. I never gave descriptive labels since I'm most > often ssh'd into other boxes and am more interested in where I am. > > Maybe, depending on how you start each xterm (icon/shortcut), you could > set a variable name (XTNAME="Mail") for each one, then run: > # xtset `echo $XTNAME` Yeah, sure there is some kludgey way of resetting the xterms. Looking at the issue from a hacker's perspective I can't see many options for resetting. Unless you wantedthe names always reset at 04:30 or whatever. Oh-well. > > But now, since I hammered out that little cd() function for .bashrc, I > found another little problem: > > If I su to another user (for instance, "su - root"), the title changes > as long as the other account has my the function in .bashrc, but when I > exit, the title still has the old credentials (example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~) > until I cd somewhere again. Sigh. > What happns if you omit the " - " when you su? gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: xtset or xtermset tricks?
Gary Kline wrote:
On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:41:02PM -0400, Duane Winner wrote:
Found a solution!
In ~/.bashrc, put this:
cd ()
{
builtin cd "$@"
/usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd`
}
-Duane
Duane Winner wrote:
Hello,
Hey, does anybody know of any useful tricks for automating xtset or
xtermset?
I use xtset to set the title and icon labels to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:path so I can
keep track of my xterms littered all over my desktop (pretty frequent! :)
But it sure would be nice to have them updated whenever I 'cd' to
another directory or 'su' to another user or 'ssh' to another host!
[ ... ]
I've got a slight problem with having the host/directory/etc on the
title bar. It will help clear my zsh right-prompt, of course.
But how do you set the title bar *back* to the name of the xterm?
(My xterms are titled "Mail", "Net", "Hacking", "Scratch", and so
forth.) Is there a way of using xtset/xtermset to retrieve the
-n "Name"??
Hm, not sure. I just started with xtset myself this morning when I
decided I was getting sick of having 10 xterm windows all over my lawn
with the name 'xterm'. I never gave descriptive labels since I'm most
often ssh'd into other boxes and am more interested in where I am.
Maybe, depending on how you start each xterm (icon/shortcut), you could
set a variable name (XTNAME="Mail") for each one, then run:
# xtset `echo $XTNAME`
But now, since I hammered out that little cd() function for .bashrc, I
found another little problem:
If I su to another user (for instance, "su - root"), the title changes
as long as the other account has my the function in .bashrc, but when I
exit, the title still has the old credentials (example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~)
until I cd somewhere again. Sigh.
Cheers,
Duane
thanks,
gary
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Re: xtset or xtermset tricks?
This is a little better:
cd ()
{
# do the actual cd
builtin cd "$@"
# if in homedir, then make path '~', not full path
if [ $PWD == $HOME ]; then
XTDIR="~"
else
XTDIR="$PWD"
fi
# set xtset title and icon to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:path
/usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`echo $XTDIR`
}
# force an xtset title at shell login:
cd
-Duane
Duane Winner wrote:
Found a solution!
In ~/.bashrc, put this:
cd ()
{
builtin cd "$@"
/usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd`
}
-Duane
Duane Winner wrote:
Hello,
Hey, does anybody know of any useful tricks for automating xtset or
xtermset?
I use xtset to set the title and icon labels to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:path so I
can keep track of my xterms littered all over my desktop (pretty
frequent! :)
But it sure would be nice to have them updated whenever I 'cd' to
another directory or 'su' to another user or 'ssh' to another host!
I'm sure there's got to be someway to make this a little more seamless
then running # xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd` everytime, but I'm just not good
enough with shell programming to know how to do this.
The closest I came was writing a small bash script that does:
for filename in /dev/ttyp*; do
/usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd` > "$filename"
done
And thought about cron'ing it (every minute), but the problem is that
when I tested this, all my xterms get the same title/icon based on who
is running the script and where at the time. No good :(
(And of course this would be useless to update the titles/icons for
xterms that are remote shells (ssh).
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Duane
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Re: xtset or xtermset tricks?
On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:41:02PM -0400, Duane Winner wrote:
> Found a solution!
>
> In ~/.bashrc, put this:
>
> cd ()
> {
>builtin cd "$@"
>/usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd`
> }
>
>
>
> -Duane
>
>
> Duane Winner wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >Hey, does anybody know of any useful tricks for automating xtset or
> >xtermset?
> >
> >I use xtset to set the title and icon labels to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:path so I can
> >keep track of my xterms littered all over my desktop (pretty frequent! :)
> >
> >But it sure would be nice to have them updated whenever I 'cd' to
> >another directory or 'su' to another user or 'ssh' to another host!
> >
[ ... ]
I've got a slight problem with having the host/directory/etc on the
title bar. It will help clear my zsh right-prompt, of course.
But how do you set the title bar *back* to the name of the xterm?
(My xterms are titled "Mail", "Net", "Hacking", "Scratch", and so
forth.) Is there a way of using xtset/xtermset to retrieve the
-n "Name"??
thanks,
gary
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Re: xtset or xtermset tricks?
Found a solution!
In ~/.bashrc, put this:
cd ()
{
builtin cd "$@"
/usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd`
}
-Duane
Duane Winner wrote:
Hello,
Hey, does anybody know of any useful tricks for automating xtset or
xtermset?
I use xtset to set the title and icon labels to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:path so I can
keep track of my xterms littered all over my desktop (pretty frequent! :)
But it sure would be nice to have them updated whenever I 'cd' to
another directory or 'su' to another user or 'ssh' to another host!
I'm sure there's got to be someway to make this a little more seamless
then running # xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd` everytime, but I'm just not good enough
with shell programming to know how to do this.
The closest I came was writing a small bash script that does:
for filename in /dev/ttyp*; do
/usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd` > "$filename"
done
And thought about cron'ing it (every minute), but the problem is that
when I tested this, all my xterms get the same title/icon based on who
is running the script and where at the time. No good :(
(And of course this would be useless to update the titles/icons for
xterms that are remote shells (ssh).
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Duane
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xtset or xtermset tricks?
Hello, Hey, does anybody know of any useful tricks for automating xtset or xtermset? I use xtset to set the title and icon labels to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:path so I can keep track of my xterms littered all over my desktop (pretty frequent! :) But it sure would be nice to have them updated whenever I 'cd' to another directory or 'su' to another user or 'ssh' to another host! I'm sure there's got to be someway to make this a little more seamless then running # xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd` everytime, but I'm just not good enough with shell programming to know how to do this. The closest I came was writing a small bash script that does: for filename in /dev/ttyp*; do /usr/local/bin/xtset [EMAIL PROTECTED]:`pwd` > "$filename" done And thought about cron'ing it (every minute), but the problem is that when I tested this, all my xterms get the same title/icon based on who is running the script and where at the time. No good :( (And of course this would be useless to update the titles/icons for xterms that are remote shells (ssh). Any thoughts? Thanks! Duane ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
