Maybe bash has a way to get the command and print the sequence after you
press Enter?



On Tue, 1 Dec 2020, 19:01 Nicholas Marriott, <[email protected]>
wrote:

> tmux only supports renaming the window with \033k, what you rename it to
> is up to you.
>
>
>
> On Tue, 1 Dec 2020, 18:56 , <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I need the something in between to be the command I typed in shell.
>>
>> The configuration in rc file of GNU Screen is:
>> shelltitle "$ |bash"
>>
>> so whatever follows $ sign (whatever typed before hitting enter) is
>> copied in between \033k and the \033\\ and the desired label is set.
>> Else you get 'bash'. I think that's how it works, not certain, but it
>> works.
>>
>>
>> Στις 1/12/20 8:36 μ.μ., ο/η Nicholas Marriott έγραψε:
>> > 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]
>> > <mailto:[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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