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From: arends@Yosemite.metaphor.com (Dale M. Arends)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: how can I change the title in the title bar
Keywords: Window Titles
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Date: 18 Jan 91 16:28:58 GMT
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In article <2996@ux.acs.umn.edu> mark@cda.mrs.umn.edu (Mark Van Overbeke) writes:
>
>Windowers:
>
>   I would like to be able to change the title in the title bar on an
>xterm window under X11R4.  I haven't done much with X yet so am not very
>familiar with capabilities.  I know I can set it with -title when the
>xterm is created.  Is it possible to change that value later on to
>something else?  If so, how do I do this?  Thanks.
>
>Mark Van Overbeke                      Systems Software Programmer
>Behmler Hall, Room 10C                 (612) 589-2211  ext. 6378          
>E. 4th Street and College Ave.         BITNET:    Mark@UMNMOR.BITNET 
>University of Minnesota, Morris        INTERNET:  Mark@caa.mrs.umn.edu 
>Morris, MN   56267                                mark@cda.mrs.umn.edu

Someone else uploaded a short C program to do this.  I achieve the same
results with a short shell command.

echo -n "^[]2;<string>^G"

where the ^[ is an ESC character and the ^G is a Control-G.  The <string>
can be whatever you want.  I use this script as part of my alias for the
shell's cd command so my window title always shows the current directory.

Also, if you use a 1 instead of a 2, the <string> will appear in the
window's entry in the IconManager.

Dale

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