This solution is application-specific, but what i do is include the
working directory in the xterm titlebar. And then do this separately for
other applications in which i want more information, for instance.
.bashrc:
case $TERM in
xterm*)
TITLEBAR='\[\033]0;xterm:\w\007\]'
;;
*)
TITLEBAR=''
;;
esac
PS1="${TITLEBAR}\u_at_\h:\w\$ "
this sets the prompt to be user_at_host:directory
and the title to be xterm:directory
It is included in the PS1 variable, that way every time the prompt is
printed the title bar is updated.
-Peter
Yang Yang wrote:
> hi guys:
> I use Alt+tab in FVWM to switch between windows. the problem that
> bothers me is that there is too little information showing in the
> windowlist, for example, all xterm windows just show "xterm". so I do
> not know which xterm window is the one I want to go to. it would be
> more informative if the list also shows, for example, the working
> directory, recent commands in that window, etc.
>
> anybody knows how to do this? ( I do not want to use the "instant
> snapshot" approach, cuz I'm too lazy to do the config, and it's
> probably too slow for my machine .... )
>
>
> thanks a lot!
>
> Yang
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Received on Mon May 09 2005 - 15:36:11 BST