Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:43:32 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: guru@unixarea.de, m.seaman@black-earth.co.uk, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup terminal title Message-ID: <4B6E6F24.3090609@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <4b6e2885.uAuY%2Ba00oT7AqSzy%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4B6D62B3.4070702@bsdforen.de> <20100206125554.GA2173@current.Sisis.de> <4B6D74EF.2090106@bsdforen.de> <4B6D80F3.7050707@black-earth.co.uk> <4B6D8377.1090005@bsdforen.de> <4B6D9B6B.40800@bsdforen.de> <4b6e2885.uAuY%2Ba00oT7AqSzy%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: >> 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. > > There is an escape sequence which will cause the terminal to echo > back its current title, but it's a bit tricky to use given only > base-system tools because the echo ends with, IIRC, \007 rather > than \n. It may be possible in some shells to temporarily set the > line-end character to \007. You probably also want to (somehow) > cover problematic cases like terminals that don't reply to the > inquiry even though TERMCAP implies that they should. That actually doesn't sound tricky at all, remember that the original sequence to change the title also ends with \007. Where can I find this magical sequence? I've been trying to read: http://www.xfree86.org/current/ctlseqs.html But the Syntax is really cryptic.
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