From: cgf AT bbc DOT com (Chris Faylor) Subject: Re: bash window banner 2 Aug 1997 22:31:35 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: References: <33E375DA DOT 1895 AT worldnet DOT att DOT net> Reply-To: cgf AT bbc DOT com X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test57 (27 Apr 97) Original-To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com X-Mailer: Perl5 Mail::Internet v1.28 Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In article <33E375DA DOT 1895 AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>, Tom 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: http://www.lexa.ru/sos -- http://www.bbc.com/ cgf AT bbc DOT com "Strange how unreal VMS=>UNIX Solutions Boston Business Computing the real can be." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".