backup terminal title

[Dominic Fandrey]

Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On 06/02/2010 13:55, Dominic Fandrey wrote:
> 
>> Nice, but I need something that works with base system
>> components. Like an escape sequence that causes the terminal
>> to reset its title.
> 
> Something like this for tcsh:
> 
> set prompt = '%{\033]0;%n@%m:%/\007%}%B%m%b:%c03:%# '
> 
> Sets the window title to 'user at hostname:/current/directory'.  Porting
> this escape sequence to other shells left as an exercise for the student.

Already experimented with that, but it makes tcsh believe the prompt
is longer than it really is. So it will blow up when you move your
cursor around in long commands.

Also this doesn't really relate to the question, does it?

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