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From: carroll@cs.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Carroll)
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Subject: Re: Current directory in the title bar..
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This is the code that I use under ksh (88d). If you set XTITLE to a value, that
will preceed the directory name. This is handy for the console.

#!/bin/ksh

# XTerm title updating

# <ESC> ] 0 ; string <BEL>  and string will become the title and icon name
# <ESC> ] 1 ; string <BEL>  for icon name only
# <ESC> ] 2 ; string <BEL>  for title name only

# The following have been edited to remove raw control characters. To make this
# work, replace ^[ with an actual ESCAPE character, and ^G with an actual
# control G.

XTITLEPRE="^[]2;"
XICONPRE="^[]1;"
XPOST="^G"

unalias cd
function CD
    {
    \cd $@
    PRWD=${PWD##${HOME}}
    if [ ! "${PRWD}" = "${PWD}" ] ; then
	PRWD="~$PRWD"
    fi
    if [[ "$TERM" = "xterm" && "$NOXTITLE" = ""  ]] ; then
	print -n -r "${XTITLEPRE}${XTITLE}${PRWD}@${HOST}${XPOST}"
    fi
    }
alias cd=CD

-- 
Alan M. Carroll                "It's psychosomatic. You need a lobotomy.
Epoch Development Team          I'll get a saw."
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