hi dave... thanks... went back, and rechecked the howto... it was a user error! i had been using "003 instead of "033 .. gotta learn to read! and yeah.. i know the system is a few versions back! 09 vs 10.. thanks! ps. know.. if i can figure out how to use the "gnome-terminal --execute "foo" without having the "child process error msg" appear... thanks again.. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dave Cross Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 7:42 AM To: Community assistance, encouragement,and advice for using Fedora. Subject: Re: gnome-terminal question 2009/9/27 bruce <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > hey... > > trying to solve an issue on changing the title of the current gnome-terminal > session. > > how does one go about changing the title of the current gnome-terminal via > the cmdline... > > i'm trying to figure out if you can use escape sequences, or modifying the > profile for the terminal. > > trying some of the escape sequences from different web sites haven't > worked... > > thoughts/comments/pointers appreciated... Follow the instructions at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Xterm-Title.html. You don't say which shell you're using, but using the default bash shell, you can do this: $ echo -ne "\033]0;A New Title\007" You'll probably need to unset the PROMPT_COMMAND value first; $ export PROMPT_COMMAND= > i'm running fedora 9 You know that's unsupported, right? I strongly recommend upgrading. hth, Dave... -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
