$Id: README,v 1.2 1999/09/27 22:00:02 michaelj Exp $

README file for xttitle

I've had this code kicking around for years.  It's one of the first
things I compile and install on any UNIX box I work on, since I find it
SO useful for my X-Windows environment.  It's very simple, it just sends
some escape characters to standard out to change the title and
optionally the icon name of your xterm window.

I use this by creating an alias in my .tcshrc file like the example
below.  Make sure the xttitle binary is in your path.  The $cwd variable
gets updated with your current working directory.

#!/bin/tcsh

set host=`hostname`
set user=`whoami`

switch ( $term )
  case xterm:
    alias cd 'chdir \!*;xttitle $user@$hostname\:$cwd $hostname'
    breaksw
  default:
    echo "Not using xterm settings"
    breaksw
endsw

If you have any questions or comments, send them to:

Michael Jarvis 
<michael@jarvis.com>
http://www.jarvis.com

