Re: setting xterm title with -T doesn't work

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Subject: Re: setting xterm title with -T doesn't work
From: "Andras Lorincz" <andras.lorincz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 15:59:35 +0200
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> Hi,
>
> When starting xterm I would like to set the title with -T "string"
> option, but it has no effect. Instead appears the title with the
> hostname and current path. Why does xterm ignore the -T option?

What window manager are you using?

Are you 100% sure xterm is the terminal being used?

How are you starting xterm?

I usually use Fvwm but I tryied also in KDE. I'm starting with the xterm command:

xterm -T "something"

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