Re: addressable titlebars for Gnome-terminal?

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel nuclecu unam mx>]

> the only thing that's keeping me using xterm these days...well, actually
> mxterm...is the addressable titlebars.  basically, this feature allows one
> to put a string in the titlebar using a certain escape character sequence.
> 
> this is especially handy to me as i have my titlebar show me which machine
> i'm logged in on and who i'm logged in as.  if you're operating on a log
> of machines, this is a very nice feature.

Can you tell us what is the escape sequence you use to do this?

I have CCed Michael Zucchi.  The terminal emulator widget author.
Michael, I would suggest to catch this escape sequence and emit a
signal "titlebar_changed" to let any embedding application to do the
best thing.

best wishes,
Miguel.