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by **Andy Bor** » Fri, 20 Oct 1995 04:00:00

>>I once discovered how to change the title in an xterm window by issuing
>>escape sequences. Now I can't remember how to do it, and I can't seem
>>to discover it the way I did the first time, either.

>try:
> xterm -name "what so ever" &

I think you may have to add: -T desired_title
along with the -name.

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by **Charlie Kempso** » Sat, 21 Oct 1995 04:00:00

>>>I once discovered how to change the title in an xterm window by issuing
>>>escape sequences. Now I can't remember how to do it, and I can't seem
>>>to discover it the way I did the first time, either.

>>try:
>> xterm -name "what so ever" &

>I think you may have to add: -T desired_title
>along with the -name.

>--
> Andy Borsa -- !!!The Universe is discretely analog!!!

You can change the title on the fly using control codes (I
don't know them), but I found a neat program called xtitle
which does exactly this.

xtitle -b <Title>

puts a title both on the xterm and on the associated icon.
Use veronica or archie to find it - it's probably on sunsite.

Hope this helps,

Charlie

by **Warren Wa** » Sat, 21 Oct 1995 04:00:00

: >

: >>I once discovered how to change the title in an xterm window by issuing
: >>escape sequences. Now I can't remember how to do it, and I can't seem
: >>to discover it the way I did the first time, either.
: >
: >try:
: > xterm -name "what so ever" &

: I think you may have to add: -T desired_title
: along with the -name.

I believe he means after the Window has been started. I wish someone
would post the right answer as I would like to know as well.

Warren
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by **@hwa.co** » Tue, 24 Oct 1995 04:00:00

>: >

>: >>I once discovered how to change the title in an xterm window by issuing
>: >>escape sequences. Now I can't remember how to do it, and I can't seem
>: >>to discover it the way I did the first time, either.
>: >
>: >try:
>: > xterm -name "what so ever" &

>: I think you may have to add: -T desired_title
>: along with the -name.

>I believe he means after the Window has been started. I wish someone
>would post the right answer as I would like to know as well.

I have gotten the answer to this. In case anyone else wants to know:

<esc>]0blah blah blah<ctrl-G> to set the open window title
<esc>]1blah blah blah<ctrl-G> to set the iconized title
<esc>]2blah blah blah<ctrl-G> to set both

The title becomes the string between the 0, 1, or 2, and the <ctrl-G>. Any
means by which you output the string to the console will work. (I just use
'echo').

John Sturtz

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Changing title in an xterm window

Changing title in an xterm window

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