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Re: Changing the title of an xterm

#488
From: James Cameron
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 1991 06:10
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In article <1991Feb8.041829.25181@isc.rit.edu> jsv9504@isc.rit.edu (J.S. Veiss) writes:
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->   In sunview, you can change the title of an existing window via an escape sequence.
->   Is there anyways to do this with an xterm?  Please respond via E-mail.
->
->   Jepher
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->   -- 
->   -------------------
->   Jepher Veiss
->
->   Rochester Institute of Technology

Yes, there is a way and it has been posted. I have a copy of a C program which
does this just as well, and you can have it put the name of the current directory
into the title, or the icon name, or both.  If anyone wants a copy of this and the
alias that goes along with it, send me mail.

JC

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From: jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron)
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Subject: Re: Changing the title of an xterm
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