Terminal title doesn't change correctly

Steven Stern subscribed-lists at sterndata.com
Wed Jun 12 18:12:28 UTC 2013


On 06/12/2013 01:10 PM, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:52:09 -0500
> Steven Stern <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com> wrote:
> 
>> Suggested by the sudo discussion.
>>
>> When I open a new XFCE terminal, the window title is "terminal".
>>
>> If I ssh to another computer via ssh mooch, the title changes to
>> "sdstern at mooch:~"  Typing "exit" to return to my desktop does not
>> affect the window title.
>>
>> Starting clean, "ssh -p 12345 linode.sterndata.com" does NOT change
>> the window title.
>>
>> Anyone know what's going on with XFCE Terminal?
>>
>> Also, this is exactly the same thing I see if I use gnome-terminal
>> instead, so this is probably a Works-As-Designed. Help me understand
>> the design!
> 
> Right click on the terminal and bring up preferences. 
> 
> What do you have the "Dynamically-set title" option set to?
> 

It's set to "replaces initial title"


-- 
-- Steve


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