Mail Archives: cygwin/2001/05/01/12:26:17
Mark Paulus wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't remember having run across this anywhere. However,
> if it has been discussed, I would appreciate pointers to the
> relevant locations....
>
> Anyway, I have cygwin installed on my Win2K box @ work,
> and as I mentioned in a previous thread, I have cygwin
> installed on my WinME box @ home, with access through
> my DMZ @ home. However, here's my problem. When I
> have windows up for both of them, they usually only have the
> path displayed in the title. So, when I have several windows
> iconized to the task bar, I really don't know which window
> goes to which machine, unless I expand them. Is there a way
> to have the machine name added to the string displayed by
> the window title. I'm not sure if this is a windows thing, or
> a bash/cygwin thing, or a combo of both. Any help/pointers
> would be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
There is a small GPL'd utility that I think will do what you want. It's
called xttitle, you can get it at:
http://www.jarvis.com/xttitle/
The "official" build (ie Makefile) didn't run properly on Cygwin when I
tried it last, but there is only one source file, and it compiled fine with
gcc not using make, so you shouldn't have any trouble.
I have the following function in my .bashrc:
function cd_xttitle {
\cd $1
xttitle.exe $(echo $HOSTNAME:$PWD)
}
and I have my cd aliased as:
alias cd='cd_xttitle'
This will keep the window title to what you are asking for I believe.
Hope that helps,
Jon
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