Re: Set title of emacs window under X ???

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From: Leonardo C. Topa
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1991 21:59

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In article <1991Jun25.130929.2748@maytag.waterloo.edu>, himacdonald@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca (Hamish Macdonald) writes:
|> >>>>> On 25 Jun 91 04:20:58 GMT,
|> >>>>> In message <JC.91Jun25002058@raven.bu.edu>,
|> >>>>> jc@raven.bu.edu (James Cameron) wrote:
|> 
|> James> 	I use to do this:  
|> 
|> James> alias xn "cp $HOME/.Xdefaults $HOME/.Xdefaults-save;
|> James>        echo 'emacs*iconName: \!:1' | cat >> $HOME/.Xdefaults;
|> James>        xrdb -quiet -load $HOME/.Xdefaults;emacs -rn emacs -wn \!:1 \!:1;
|> James>        mv $HOME/.Xdefaults-save $HOME/.Xdefaults&"
|> 
|> How about:
|> 
|> 	alias xn "'echo 'emacs*iconName: \!:1' | xrdb -quiet -merge -;
|> 		  emacs -rn emacs -wn \!:1 \!:1 &"
|> 
|> This saves you all that mucking about with .Xdefaults files.   No sed
|> required, either.
|> 
|> Better yet, get Epoch.
|> --
|> --------------------------------------------------------------------
|> himacdonald@watmsg.uwaterloo.ca           watmath!watmsg!himacdonald

how about:

	alias xn "emacs -wn \!:1 -in \!:2 &"

you can't change either the icon name or the window title, once emacs is
running, from within emacs.
-- 

Leonardo C. Topa
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room E25-506
45 Carleton Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

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