Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , 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 To: "J. Michael Hammond" 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" , cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; 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 > >[2;new title^G > >or > >]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