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Date:	Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:09:19 +0300
From:	egor duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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To:	"Stephan Mueller" <smueller AT microsoft DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Anyone using CYGWIN=title ?
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Hi!

Wednesday, 31 October, 2001 Stephan Mueller smueller AT microsoft DOT com wrote:

SM> Um, maybe I haven't played enough, but I don't believe that the title
SM> kludge can be implemented using the escape sequences.  For one thing,
SM> the prompt string is just a prompt string, and hence gets printed before
SM> you type anything, and not reprinted until the current command finishes.
SM> So, during the execution of a command, the title cannot be made to
SM> reflect the running command name, which is what it appears the
SM> title-kludge-in-CYGWIN-variable does.

i had a patch which adds xterm-like title escape sequences to cygwin
console. i'll try to rework it to match current cvs tree and will post
it asap.

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19


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