On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, Dag Wieers wrote: > On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, Michael Deegan wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 02:28:21PM +0100, Dag Wieers wrote: > > > Not at this time. Before I come up with a patch (which is really trivial) > > > I'm wondering why you are opposed to it, or if there's something that can > > > be done to find a common ground. I'm reluctant to add yet another option > > > that only satisfies a smallminority of the users. > > > > Largely because I prefer the window title to be chosen by me, rather than > > by whatever program happens to (sometimes) be running in a tab in one of my > > four 15-tab mrxvt's. > > > > Also note that (AFAIK) there is no -requirement- for shells to clean up > > after processes that set titles for themselves... > > I agree with your assessement. However I wonder if there's a better way to > say 'I do not like tools to change the termtitle). > > I wonder if there is a capability setting that one can enable or disable > and that I can look at. That way you can simply say you don't want it (and > ask all projects that rewrite the termtitle to check the capability). > > Otherwise you'll have to specify it manually all the time.
How it works in Bash is that the PROMPT_COMMAND contains the escape sequences to change the Xterm title. However, programs you run do not have access to this PROMPT_COMMAND environment variable, because it is not exported. If it was exported, I could at least use that to see if that capability is being used on the system. Ok, that doesn't grant me the right to overwrite it, but at least I would be sure the shell would fix it after dstat is exited. Or I could reset it myself :) Now, what I added today to dstat is a check for XTERM_SHELL. If I find my shell is bash I replace the xterm title. Not sure if that is a better implementation or if this helps in any way for you. Though I'm still open to look at a way to make this work better without adding another command line option. Kind regards, -- dag wieers, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [all I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
