From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 7 10:09:12 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 2257F106566C for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:09:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from erikt@midgard.homeip.net) Received: from ch-smtp03.sth.basefarm.net (ch-smtp03.sth.basefarm.net [80.76.149.214]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A568B8FC0C for ; Sun, 7 Feb 2010 10:09:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c83-255-48-78.bredband.comhem.se ([83.255.48.78]:53596 helo=falcon.midgard.homeip.net) by ch-smtp03.sth.basefarm.net with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Ne448-0004yk-Bw for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 07 Feb 2010 11:08:34 +0100 Received: (qmail 18552 invoked by uid 1001); 7 Feb 2010 11:08:30 +0100 Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2010 11:08:30 +0100 From: Erik Trulsson To: Dominic Fandrey Message-ID: <20100207100830.GA18513@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> 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+a00oT7AqSzy%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <4B6E6F24.3090609@bsdforen.de> <4B6E7EB2.7040408@bsdforen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4B6E7EB2.7040408@bsdforen.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Originating-IP: 83.255.48.78 X-Scan-Result: No virus found in message 1Ne448-0004yk-Bw. X-Scan-Signature: ch-smtp03.sth.basefarm.net 1Ne448-0004yk-Bw 9fb3b8d609edea8fb0bbe1cfa62d17bf Cc: m.seaman@black-earth.co.uk, guru@unixarea.de, perryh@pluto.rain.com, 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: Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:09:12 -0000 On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 09:49:54AM +0100, Dominic Fandrey wrote: > Dominic Fandrey wrote: > > 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. > > I finally got it: > > printf "\033[22;0t" > This stores the current icon and window titles on a stack. > printf "\033[23;0t" > This restores them from the stack. > > It works fine with xterm, has no effect on rxvt-unicode (which I > am using), though. > > That might well be a termcap problem. I've got to look into this. Not a termcap problem. A terminal problem rather. This "storing title on a stack" stuff is something very few terminals support. Recent xterms does, but few if any others. Other terminals will at best have sequences for "set title" and "read current title". -- Erik Trulsson ertr1013@student.uu.se