Re: xterm&title

["Nikos Voutsinas" <nvoutsin@noc.uoa.gr>]

Hello Peter, HelloPaolo
Thanks for replying

I have been using about the same escape sequence (except in tcsh....)
In my .tcshrc...

switch ($TERM)
    case "{xterm*,rxvt*}":
         alias periodic 'echo -n "\033]0;${USER}@${HOST}       `date +%A\
\[%d\]\ \ %B`\007"'
        set prompt="%n:%c03%#"
        breaksw
    default:
        set prompt="%n:%c4%#"
        breaksw

the problem......
Telneting to debian machine seems to work fine
But under other OS (still xterm terminal not dtterm or any other) the shell
just change the prompt to
\033]0;my-logname@host-machine       Wednesday [05]   April \007>
I cant figure out if the problem is on the escape sequence, the xterm
version, or the echo command?
I have try all the combinations of /bin/echo, builtin echo, and the argg -n
, -n -e
Any idea??

Peter: The relative HOWTO claims tha the same espace sequence works with
dtterm to.Well ..i had the same problem.(Solaris 7 sun4u)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paolo Pedaletti" <paolo.pedaletti@flashnet.it>
To: "Nikos Voutsinas" <nvoutsin@noc.uoa.gr>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: xterm&title


> Ciao Nikos Voutsinas,
>
>  > I would like (somehow) to change dynamically xterm title according to
the LOGNAME and HOSTNAME env. Anyone who can help?
>
> you can start from this function in /etc/profile:
>
> if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
>         cd ()
>         { builtin cd $* && echo -n -e "\\033]0; $TERM: $PWD \a"; }
>         echo -n -e "\\033]0; $TERM: $PWD \a"
>         export -f  cd
> fi
>
> and change it for your needs.
>
> Ciao
>
> --
>
> Paolo Pedaletti, Como, ITALYa
> paolo.pedaletti@flashnet.it
>
>
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