Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:40:11 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <kamikaze@bsdforen.de> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@black-earth.co.uk> Cc: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: backup terminal title Message-ID: <4B6D9B6B.40800@bsdforen.de> In-Reply-To: <4B6D8377.1090005@bsdforen.de> References: <4B6D62B3.4070702@bsdforen.de> <20100206125554.GA2173@current.Sisis.de> <4B6D74EF.2090106@bsdforen.de> <4B6D80F3.7050707@black-earth.co.uk> <4B6D8377.1090005@bsdforen.de>
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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.
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