You are renaming it to an empty name, you need to put something in between
the \033k and the \033\\.


On Tue, 1 Dec 2020 at 16:49, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> For my preferences, tmux's automatic rename is not convenient. If for
> example I execute Ranger, a python file manager, I see 'python' in the
> label instead of 'ranger'. Also, the name change is not immediate, a
> refresh is needed, starting and quiting.
>
> My tmux settings:
>
> set -g automatic-rename on
> set -g automatic-rename-format "#{pane_current_command}"
>
> So I'm trying to simulate GNU Screen's shelltitle feature in tmux, where
> the command entered in shell (for example ranger) is shown, not the app
> running (ie python). It's accurate and immediate, no need to wait for
> refresh. It also returns to 'bash' immediately, after quitting app.
>
> In tmux manual I saw that it is possible to be done screen's way:
> set -g allow-rename on
>
> and changing bash prompt. I already have this in .bashrc for screen:
> case "$TERM" in
> screen*|tmux*)
> PS1="\n\e[7m\t \e[1m\w \e[m\n\n"'\[\033k\033\\\]''\$ '
>
> I also tried,
> PROMPT_COMMAND='printf "\033k\033\134"'
>
> as in tmux manual
> (the exact is PROMPT_COMMAND="printf '\033k\033\\';"${PROMPT_COMMAND} )
>
> The result I get is just an asterisk (*) which doesn't change.
>
> Any ideas how to achieve shelltitle's behaviour?
> tmux version 2.8 on Debian
>
> Thank you in advance
>
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