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Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 09:21:52 -0400
Message-Id: <200007041321.JAA15692@envy.delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: Andrej DOT Borsenkow AT mow DOT siemens DOT ru
CC: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
In-reply-to: <000301bfe58c$7c124ee0$21c9ca95@mow.siemens.ru>
	(Andrej DOT Borsenkow AT mow DOT siemens DOT ru)
Subject: Re: Programmatically set window title
References:  <000301bfe58c$7c124ee0$21c9ca95 AT mow DOT siemens DOT ru>


> Is there any command (or function) that can be used to set window title?
> I normally set window title under X11 to combination if user, host and
> $PWD and would like to do the same under Cygwin.

cygwin's terminal emulator supports the same escape codes
as xterm does for setting the title:

	ESC ] 0 ; <your title here> ^G

There's also a Win32 API call to set the title from inside a program.

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