On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Sanjay Goel wrote:
> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Sanjay Goel wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >> the bash window has title Cygwin by default .. whenever I do a
> >> telnet or lynx .. it changes the title .. how do I restore it again
> >> or change it to something custom ..
> >> TIA
> >> Sanjay
> >
> > Sanjay,
> >
> > The default .bashrc has a commented out function "settitle()". Just
> > uncomment that line, restart bash, and you'll be able to run "settitle
> > Your Title" (no quotes necessary). The function works for the console
> > window, xterm, and rxvt.
> >
> > If your .bashrc doesn't have that function, look in
> > /etc/skel/.bashrc, or search this list for "settitle". Note the
> > control characters.
> > Igor
>
> Hi Igor,
> I added this line in my .bashrc
> function settitle() { echo -n "^[]2;[EMAIL PROTECTED];[EMAIL PROTECTED]"; }
> now when I write settitle sanjay on my $ , it does not change my title ..
> this is what happens
>
> [~]$ settitle sanjay
> ^[]2;sanjay^G^[]1;sanjay^G[~]$
> [~]$
>
> what is it that I am missing ?
> Sanjay
The control characters. ^[ is *one* character, Ctrl-[ (aka ESC). ^G is
also *one* character, Ctrl-G (aka BEL). Fix that, and the incantation
should work.
Igor
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