Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:35:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Lawrence K. Chen, P.Eng." <lkchen@ksu.edu> To: xfce@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: XFCE Terminal window title is not displayed when using screen. Message-ID: <1395615030.15267877.1339338916991.JavaMail.root@ksu-sfpop-mailstore02> In-Reply-To: <4FD472A3.3030701@eskk.nu>
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>
> Hello
>
> I've noticed an unwanted behaviour that I would like to ask about and
> direct attention to.
>
> On my system, FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p8 with xfce-4.10, I use portmaster
> frequently when updating and installing ports.
>
> I've noticed that the Terminal window title will not change when
> using
> screen.
>
> Terminal title is displayed correctly when I work locally and even
> during an SSH session.
>
> It would be very useful for me to have the title displayed even when
> invoking screen.
>
> If it's just a matter of using the t parameter with screen I beg your
> forgiveness for this question but I've not been able to make it work.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thank you :-)
>
In /etc/screenrc, it says xterm doesn't support hardstatus.
So, in my .screenrc, I added:
termcapinfo xterm 'hs:ts=\E]2;:fs=\007:ds=\E]2;screen\007'
To use the terminal window title as hardstatus.
I borrowed the line from /etc/screenrc on an xubuntu system.
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