Xref: utzoo comp.windows.misc:1813 comp.windows.x:32613 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!nntp-read!jc From: jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Changing the title of an xterm Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 91 06:10:55 GMT References: <1991Feb4.232904.4119@daimi.aau.dk> <1991Feb8.041829.25181@isc.rit.edu> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Followup-To: comp.windows.misc Organization: Boston University Computer Science Department Lines: 35 In-reply-to: jsv9504@isc.rit.edu's message of 8 Feb 91 04:18:29 GMT In article <1991Feb8.041829.25181@isc.rit.edu> jsv9504@isc.rit.edu (J.S. Veiss) writes: -> -> In sunview, you can change the title of an existing window via an escape sequence. -> Is there anyways to do this with an xterm? Please respond via E-mail. -> -> Jepher -> -> -- -> ------------------- -> Jepher Veiss -> -> Rochester Institute of Technology Yes, there is a way and it has been posted. I have a copy of a C program which does this just as well, and you can have it put the name of the current directory into the title, or the icon name, or both. If anyone wants a copy of this and the alias that goes along with it, send me mail. JC -- James Cameron - jc@raven.bu.edu Signal Processing and Interpretation Lab, ECS Engineering Dept. Boston University, Boston MA Work: 617 353-2879 Information Technology Boston University, Boston MA work: 617 353-2780 ext. 338 "But to risk we must, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. For the man or woman who risks nothing, has nothing, does nothing, is nothing." (A quote from the eulogy for the late Christa McAuliffe.)