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Article #699Re: Setting icon title for an xterm
From: Jerry Kearns
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:43
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:43
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In article <SMITH.93Jan22090752@wilton.anu.edu.au>, smith@pell.anu.edu.au (Michael Smith) writes: |> Mike Schwager writes: |> > How would I set the icon title for an xterm, from that xterm. |> |> try defining this alias in your .cshrc file: |> |> alias nameme 'echo -n "]2;\!:1]1;\!:2"' |> |> where the two "^[" are ESCape characters, and the two "^G" are control-G |> characters (if using emacs, type control-q before the escape and control-G |> characters; if typing this straight into xterm window use control-v instead |> of control-q). |> |> To rename your xterm, just type |> |> nameme "title name" "icon name" |> |> Cheers, |> Michael. |> -- |> ----------------------------/|-|--|-|--|------Michael-Smith------------------- |> smith@pell.anu.edu.au /_| |\ | | | Mathematics Research Section |> --------------------------/--|-|-\|-|_/|------Australian-National-University-- This seems to work for me in csh, but not ksh. What am I doing wrong? Jerry
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Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.apps Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!chnews!ssd.intel.com!jkearns From: jkearns@ssd.intel.com (Jerry Kearns) Subject: Re: Setting icon title for an xterm Message-ID: <C189wo.3HG@SSD.intel.com> Sender: usenet@SSD.intel.com Nntp-Posting-Host: boise Organization: Supercomputer Systems Divison, Intel Corp. References: <C17oFA.Hq2@cs.uiuc.edu> <SMITH.93Jan22090752@wilton.anu.edu.au> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 23:43:36 GMT Lines: 26