[ale] Xterm Title

[hirsch at zapmedia.com]

Danny Cox writes:
 > Mark,
 > 
 > On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 09:13, Mark E. Schill wrote:
 > > Is there anyway to set the Xterm title? Whenever I set it, it is ALWAYS
 > > overidden with @username:@hostname:@path. Is there any to stop that from
 > > happening??
 > 
 > 	Yes, you must do two things:
 > 
 > 	1) disable what's setting it
 > 	2) change it to what you wish
 > 
 > 	#1 is done via the shell variable "PROMPT_COMMAND".  Just unset it.  #2
 > is done via the attached shell script.
 > 

Or, for 2), just set it when you start the xterm: 
  xterm -title "The xterm title"

--Michael

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