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bionnaki

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Registered: 2006-09-05

Posts: 289

screen/xterm - show titles?

I run rtorrent, irssi, and moc together in screen with xterm. the title of the xterm window is always just "xterm" but I would like it to change to either rtorrent, irssi, or moc depending on what screen I have open. how can I do this?

thanks.

sejjiin

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 9

Re: screen/xterm - show titles?

Not sure what you mean by "together in screen with xterm."  You can always force a title to the xterm with the -T flag, but I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.

dir

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From: dotph

Registered: 2007-10-10

Posts: 20

Re: screen/xterm - show titles?

add this lines to your .screenrc

hardstatus string "SCREEN @ %H: %-n - %t"
termcapinfo xterm 'hs:ts=\E]2;:fs=\007:ds=\E]2;screen\007'

info here: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO/x395.html

bionnaki

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Registered: 2006-09-05

Posts: 289

Re: screen/xterm - show titles?

added that to .screenrc and the title still just says "xterm"...

kr22

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Registered: 2008-01-19

Posts: 8

Re: screen/xterm - show titles?

That worked for me.

Now the title of the xterm will display the window title I set using "Ctrl-A A"

Thanks for the tip.

dr_te_z

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From: Zoetermeer, the Netherlands

Registered: 2006-12-06

Posts: 154

Re: screen/xterm - show titles?

If using bash:
then "you can use the

COMMAND_PROMPT

for this. An old topic of mine: http://www.justlinux.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134178 ".

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bionnaki

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Registered: 2006-09-05

Posts: 289

Re: screen/xterm - show titles?

nevermind. I only detached screen - didnt restart it. working now. thanks.