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From: SPLITE@MTUS5.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Current directory in the title bar..
Message-ID: <90340.182017SPLITE@MTUS5.BITNET>
Date: 6 Dec 90 23:20:17 GMT
References: <1990Dec5.014338.22560@vicom.com>
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Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ.
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In article <1990Dec5.014338.22560@vicom.com>, krishnan@vicom.com (Hari Krishnan
Krishna) says:
>
>Is there a way to display the current directory in the title bar of the
>xterm.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Krishna

It's possible using an xterm escape sequence and C-Shell aliases.  Put the
following in your .cshrc:

alias cd '\!\!;echo -n "<ctrl-v><esc>]0;$PWD<ctrl-g>"'
alias pushd '\!\!;echo -n "<ctrl-v><esc>]0;$PWD<ctrl-g>"'
alias popd '\!\!;echo -n "<ctrl-v><esc>]0;$PWD<ctrl-g>"'

Of course, <ctrl-v> means "press ctrl-v", etc.
I'm not sure how "official" that escape sequence is, but it works for us.


                                                    Steve Plite
                                                    <splite@mtu.edu>