Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:02:35 +0000 From: Don Read <dread@aceweb.com> To: Matiss <move@inbox.lv> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which environment variable? Message-ID: <20080114100235.1be0efa3@aceweb.com> In-Reply-To: <1200296141.478b10cd53c0f@www.inbox.lv> References: <1200296141.478b10cd53c0f@www.inbox.lv>
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On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:35:41 +0200 Matiss said:
> Is there such environment variable, which changes window title for
> putty? I mean, MC is able to change it to working dir I think.. How
> do I change that title to let's say server name for my shell?
>
> Thanks :)
man xprop
Or for the terminally lazy,
cat xtitle
#!/bin/sh
#
# gets/sets xterm title
#
me=`basename $0`
usage="Usage : $me [pwd | new title ... ] ('pwd' sets it to the current directory)";
Adjective='Current'
while [ $# -gt 0 ]
do
case "$1" in
--help | -help | -h | -\?)
echo;
echo $usage;
exit 0;;
-*) echo "$me: Unrecognized switch: $1 ($me -help to show valid options)";
exit 1;;
pwd) Adjective='New';
Title=`pwd`;;
*) Adjective='New';
Title=$1;
while [ $# -gt 1 ]
do
shift;Title="$Title $1";
done;;
esac
shift
done
if [ -n "$Title" ]
then
xprop -id $WINDOWID -set WM_NAME "$Title";
fi
Title=`xprop -id $WINDOWID | grep WM_NAME | cut -d= -f2`
echo $Adjective 'title :' $Title
exit 0
--
Don Read dread@aceweb.com
-- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to
steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.
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