From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 6 16:40:12 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 F010F106566B for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2010 16:40:12 +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 B053E8FC12 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 2010 16:40:12 +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 2E30A8A158C; Sat, 6 Feb 2010 17:40:11 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <4B6D9B6B.40800@bsdforen.de> Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:40:11 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091126) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matthew Seaman References: <4B6D62B3.4070702@bsdforen.de> <20100206125554.GA2173@current.Sisis.de> <4B6D74EF.2090106@bsdforen.de> <4B6D80F3.7050707@black-earth.co.uk> <4B6D8377.1090005@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <4B6D8377.1090005@bsdforen.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Matthias Apitz , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 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 16:40:13 -0000 Dominic Fandrey wrote: > Matthew Seaman wrote: >> On 06/02/2010 13:55, Dominic Fandrey wrote: >> >>> Nice, but I need something that works with base system >>> components. Like an escape sequence that causes the terminal >>> to reset its title. >> Something like this for tcsh: >> >> set prompt = '%{\033]0;%n@%m:%/\007%}%B%m%b:%c03:%# ' >> >> Sets the window title to 'user@hostname:/current/directory'. Porting >> this escape sequence to other shells left as an exercise for the student. > > Also this doesn't really relate to the question, does it? I realize my wording should be clearer. I wish to use the "\033]0;%s\007" sequence in a shell-script to set the title of a terminal. But only if I am able to undo it. My requirement is that this must be done without using anything outside the base system. -- 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?