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How to change the title of an xterm
Ric Lister, ric@giccs.georgetown.edu
v2.0, 27 October 1999
This document explains how to use escape sequences to dynamically change window and icon titles of an xterm. Examples are given for several shells, and the appendix gives escape sequences for some other terminal types.
1. Where to find this document
2. Static titles
3. Dynamic titles
4. Examples for different shells
5. Printing the current job name
6. Appendix: escapes for other terminal types
- 6.1 IBM
aixterm - 6.2 SGI
wsh,xwshandwinterm - 6.3 Sun
cmdtoolandshelltool - 6.4 CDE
dtterm - 6.5 HPterm
7. Appendix: examples in other languages
8. Credits
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