vidyut.vidyut@gmail.com wrote:

> xterm -T "make window" # to set the title to 'make window'
> but it does not seem to work.

The usual reason is that one's shell initialization scripts set the
title, overwriting what was set on the command-line.

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Thomas Dickey writes:

> vidyut.vidyut@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> xterm -T "make window" # to set the title to 'make window'
>> but it does not seem to work.
>
> The usual reason is that one's shell initialization scripts set the
> title, overwriting what was set on the command-line.

Hence set-xterm-title:

#!/bin/bash
device=/dev/tty
while [ $# -ge 1 ] ; do
case "$1" in
-d|--device) device=$2 ; shift ; shift ;;
*) if [ -z "$title" ] ; then
title="$1"
else
title="$title $1"
fi
shift
;;
esac
done
echo -n "]2;${title}" >> "$device"
# The string containts an ESC in first position and a C-g in last.
# You can enter them on the terminal with C-v ESC and C-v C-g
# or in emacs with C-q ESC and C-q C-g


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