From:	cgf AT bbc DOT com (Chris Faylor)
Subject:	Re: bash window banner
2 Aug 1997 22:31:35 -0700 :
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In article <33E375DA DOT 1895 AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>,
Tom  <rdorgan AT worldnet DOT att DOT net> wrote:
>I notice that bash changes the window banner based on the last command
>executed. I always configure my x windows to show hostname:pwd. It
>allows me to leave my prompt very small as well as avoiding the nervous
>pwd'ing I usually do with only a '$ ' for PS1.
>
>Is there any way to configure this in the current bash executable or 
>would it require a programming change?

Sergey's newer cygwin.dll's have an option (suggested by me *blush*)
where setting the environment variable CYGWIN_NOTITLE causes the title
to remain unchanged.  You might want to check that out.

Sergey's homepage is:

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