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From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton)
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Subject: re: twm program 'mytitle'
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Date: 28 Mar 89 19:06:46 GMT
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If you are trying to set the title string from xterm, you can send the 
following escape sequences:

    To set the title string:

	<ESC> ] 2 <space> new-title-string <non-printing-character>


    To set the icon name:

	<ESC> ] 1 <space> new-icon-string <non-printing-character>


The new strings may have any printable characters (including spaces).  They
are terminated by any non-printing character.

The version of "cd" I use puts the current directory into the title as follows
(I use echo -n and ^G so that I don't get any extra characters; if you don't
mind a blank line, you can just use echo without the ^G).  You'll have to
replace the ^[ and ^G with octal 033 and 007, respectively.

	alias cd 'chdir \!*;echo -n "^[]2 ${cwd}^G"'