From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 6 12:38:14 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BB4A1065670 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:38:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kamikaze@bsdforen.de) Received: from mail.bsdforen.de (bsdforen.de [212.204.60.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F203D8FC19 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2010 12:38:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mobileKamikaze.norad (unknown [88.130.209.123]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.bsdforen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85F8D8A157C for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2010 13:38:12 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B6D62B3.4070702@bsdforen.de> Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:38:11 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091126) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: backup terminal title X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:38:14 -0000 I just started to wonder how portmaster changes the window title of my terminal and why it doesn't change it back when it terminates. Some digging in the portmaster code showed up an escape sequence: printf "\033]0;%s\007" "YOUR TEXT GOES HERE" Unfortunately I am entirely clueless as to how one could backup the old title string to restore it upon termination. It seems to me this ought to be a precondition to using this kind of feature. -- A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?