Re: OT: jobname xterm title in bash?

[Lance Simmons <lance@lsimmons.net>]

On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 04:45:27PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Lance Simmons <lance@lsimmons.net> [2002-08-20 17:20:15 -0500]:
> > 
> > As it turns out, it _is_ possible to do this. In an email, Paul Jarc
> > explained how to do it. I've modified his suggestion.  Use at least
> > bash 2.05b, and make sure PS1 doesn't have any xterm commands in it:
> > 
> >  xtitle() { echo -ne "\\E]2\;$1 $HOSTNAME\\a"; } trap 'xtitle
> >  "[$(history 1 | cut -b 8-38)]"' DEBUG
> > 
> > This puts
> > 
> >  "[first 30 characters of current command] $HOSTNAME"
> > 
> > in your xterm title! _Very_ cool!
> 
> Doesn't the DEBUG trap only operate after the command?  

I'm running mutt _right now_, and my xterm says

	"[mutt]<my-machine-name>"

So it seems it doesn't need to command to have been completed. This only
works on bash 2.05b.

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