Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
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
Message-ID: <20000727132359.A16416@cygnus.com>
Reply-To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: "J. Michael Hammond" <jmike AT ONEXCHANGE DOT com>,
	cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
References: <C704AF1C30F5D3119AC000D0B7261040045304 AT CONCORD>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Disposition: inline
User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i
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

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com