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Date:	Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:23:59 -0400
From:	Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
To:	"J. Michael Hammond" <jmike AT ONEXCHANGE DOT com>
Cc:	cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject:	Re: setting the title of a Cygnus window
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In-Reply-To:	<C704AF1C30F5D3119AC000D0B7261040045304@CONCORD>; from jmike@ONEXCHANGE.com on Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 01:18:59PM -0400

On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 01:18:59PM -0400, J. Michael Hammond wrote:
>I was digging around in newsgroup archives for a way to set the title of a
>Cygnus window and tripped across a message you sent that indicates there's
>an escape sequence, either
>
><ESC>[2;new title^G
>
>or 
>
><ESC>]2;new title^G
>
>
>and, unfortunately, there isn't enough context there for me to figure out
>how/where/when to apply this sequence.  If I just try to type it in at the
>bash prompt on a cygwin, it doesn't work.  Do I use it in an environment
>variable somewhere?  In a bash script somehow?  Help?

You echo it to the console.  The second sequence is the correct one.

Please direct cygwin queries to the cygwin mailing list.

cgf

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