I was having a problem where my window names were disappearing when my shell
started, at first I was thinking the problem was related to the
automatic-renaming option. After some investigation, the problem was that my
prompt was sending a code "\033k\033\\", which is used to clear screen's title,
there is a note about this in the comments in input.c.
One problem that made this difficult to track down was that the manual page is
not very precise, and particular details are omitted. It's not clear to me from
the man page that windows and panes have their own separate title/names.
Though here is what I think the state of tmux is:
Windows have names which can be set in one of three ways:
1) By tmux command (e.g. new-window, new-session, or rename-window)
2) By escape code (e.g. printf '\033kWINDOW_NAME\033\\")
3) Automatic renaming, which tries to be the active command in the
active pane of the window.
4) Man page issues:
1) doesn't mention escape code, and that escape code turns off
automatic rename
2) automatic-renaming isn't specific about which pane is used.
3) The status-left option mentions both a window title&name. Here window
title, is actually the active pane title.
Panes have titles, which can be set one way:
1) By escape code: printf '\033]2;My Title\033\\'
2) Man page issues:
1) says escape code is used for "window title"
2) The FORMATS section lists "pane_title", but otherwise not
mentioned in man page.
3) FAQ incorrectly states: * tmux panes do not have individual
names, titles and so on.
Clients have a title, used to set xterm titles,
1) Can only be specified by tmux command set-titles-string
2) Documentation issues:
1) The man page isn't very clear set-titles-string applies to clients
I may still be confused, so would like to confirm if this correct. It seems
like it would be useful if details about names&title were more precisely
spelled out in a separate man page section.
-FR.
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