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Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:05:36 -0500
From: "Cyber.Zombie" <Cyber DOT Zombie AT attbi DOT com>
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To: Bruce DOT A DOT Petro AT mail DOT sprint DOT com
CC: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: OK, I'm a newbie in CYGWIN... How to do title?
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My settitle() function is working.  Here's what I'm using:

function settitle() { echo -ne "\033]0;$@\007"; }

Bruce DOT A DOT Petro AT mail DOT sprint DOT com wrote:

>I'll have to think about that.  The issue is, if any problems occur and
>its discovered, guess who gets the blame.  However, I'll fiddle with it
>and see if it seems like a safe bet.
>
>Also, I put 
>  function settitle() { echo -n "^[]2;$@^G^[]1;$@^G"; } 
>into my .bashrc, but It's not working.  
>Do I need to alter the etc/profile as well?
>My profile contains:
>  export PS1='\[\033]0;\w\007
>  \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\]
>  $ '
>
>Thanks!
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pechtcha [mailto:pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 6:13 PM
>To: cygwin
>Cc: pechtcha
>Subject: RE: OK, I'm a newbie in CYGWIN... How to do title?
>
>
>On Wed, 14 Aug 2002 Bruce DOT A DOT Petro AT mail DOT sprint DOT com wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Thanks, I'll try it tomorrow.
>>    
>>
>>>As to ... I fail to see why it shouldn't use cygwin...
>>>      
>>>
>>I didn't mean to say the application COULDN'T run under cygwin. Its
>>logistics and politics.  I don't have rights on that NT server to
>>install any new software - including cygwin.  Cygwin is on my own
>>desktop, but the servers I can't touch.
>>    
>>
>
>Wait, I thought you said that you were going to compile the
>application...
>If so, you'll need to install it on the servers anyway.  Just make sure
>you copy cygwin1.dll along with it...
>      Igor
>
>  
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Igor Pechtchanski
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:14 PM
>>To: Bruce.A.Petro
>>Cc: pechtcha; cygwin
>>Subject: Re: OK, I'm a newbie in CYGWIN... How to do title?
>>
>>
>>On Tue, 13 Aug 2002 Bruce DOT A DOT Petro AT mail DOT sprint DOT com wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>I promise, I checked the archives and docs and don't see anything on
>>>this...
>>>
>>>Can someone share how I perform the equivalent of the NT 'title'
>>>command on a CYGWIN window??   I've got 4-6 CYGWIN windows open -
>>>      
>>>
>each
>  
>
>>>tailing a certain log file.  Only problem is its not obvious which
>>>window is which log file!  What I need is to do something like:
>>>$title "Logfile1"
>>>tail -f logfile1.log
>>>
>>>Hey, while I've got your attention - one more question.  Does anyone
>>>know where I can download (or compile) a version of sendtcp to run
>>>under NT (Sorry, can't run under CYGWIN, must run under NT scripts).
>>>
>>>THANKS!
>>>Bruce.
>>>      
>>>
>>Check the value of PS1 in the default /etc/profile -- it sets the
>>    
>>
>title.
>  
>
>>I use the same principle in this handy function
>>
>>function settitle() { echo -n "^[]2;$@^G^[]1;$@^G"; }
>>
>>in my .bashrc, and use that when I need to dynamically change the
>>    
>>
>title.
>  
>
>>The ^[ is actually the ESC character (\033), and the ^G is the BEL
>>character (\007).
>>
>>As for whatever application you need to run under NT, I fail to see
>>    
>>
>why
>  
>
>>it
>>shouldn't use cygwin...  As long as cygwin1.dll is in the path, you
>>    
>>
>can
>  
>
>>call the app from NT scripts all you want.  You can also use something
>>akin to 'cygpath -u' if you want your app to recognize windows file
>>    
>>
>and
>  
>
>>path names.
>>      Igor
>>
>>    
>>
>
>  
>





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