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From: bsteinke@es.com (Bruce Steinke)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: How to specify Xterm icon position in command line?
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Date: 20 Dec 90 21:28:05 GMT
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|> |> 
|> |> (b) In SunView/OpenWindows, the title bar for ShellTool/CmdTool can be
|> |>     altered by using the alias :
|> |> 	alias header "echo -n "^[]l!*^[\"
|> |>     and then using the command :
|> |> 	header <xxx> where <xxx> is any string.
|> |>     I use this to display the current user/machine/directory on the title bar.
|> |>     However, I have not been able to use this on an xterm.
|> 
|> 
|> echo -n "^[]0;\!*^G" works.  The 0 after ] indicates that both the icon label
|> and window label are to be changed.

I use a short shell script (placed in a local bin) in combination with some
aliases to keep my title bar current at all times. The shell script:
========
#!/bin/sh
## shell script to change the title on an xterm window and/or its icon.
if [ $# -ne 2 ]
then
    echo "Usage: xtitle { -t | -i | -b } string"
else
    ESC=""
    ND=";"
    NP=""
    if [ "$1" = -t ]
    then
	echo "${ESC}]2${ND}$2${NP}"
    elif [ "$1" = -i ]
    then
	echo "${ESC}]1${ND}$2${NP}"
    elif [ "$1" = -b ]
    then
	echo "${ESC}]0${ND}$2${NP}"
    else
	echo "Usage: xtitle { -t | -i | -b } string"
    fi
fi
========

The aliases:
===========
alias cd 'cd \!* ; xtitle -b " `hostname`: `pwd` "'
alias pd 'pushd \!* ; xtitle -b " `hostname`: `pwd` "'
alias pd1 'pushd +1 \!* ; xtitle -b " `hostname`: `pwd` "'
alias pd2 'pushd +2 \!* ; xtitle -b " `hostname`: `pwd` "'
alias pd3 'pushd +3 \!* ; xtitle -b " `hostname`: `pwd` "'
alias pd4 'pushd +4 \!* ; xtitle -b " `hostname`: `pwd` "'
alias po 'popd ; xtitle -b " `hostname`: `pwd` "'
============

Happy Holidays!


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