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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Change the window name for putty Post 302590831 by Corona688 on Tuesday 17th of January 2012 05:39:20 PM
Old 01-17-2012
Different shells use PS1 in different ways. The same code may not work identically everywhere. Look at the different examples for different systems and shells in that link.

Some systems may be trying to change your window title already, too. Try leaving it out of PS1 and trying the printf line I gave you earlier. If it doesn't work, something else is changing your window title every line...
 

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tk_chooseColor(1T)					       Tk Built-In Commands						tk_chooseColor(1T)

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NAME
tk_chooseColor - pops up a dialog box for the user to select a color. SYNOPSIS
tk_chooseColor ?option value ...? _________________________________________________________________ DESCRIPTION
The procedure tk_chooseColor pops up a dialog box for the user to select a color. The following option-value pairs are possible as command line arguments: -initialcolor color Specifies the color to display in the color dialog when it pops up. color must be in a form acceptable to the Tk_GetColor function. -parent window Makes window the logical parent of the color dialog. The color dialog is displayed on top of its parent window. -title titleString Specifies a string to display as the title of the dialog box. If this option is not specified, then a default title will be dis- played. If the user selects a color, tk_chooseColor will return the name of the color in a form acceptable to Tk_GetColor. If the user cancels the operation, both commands will return the empty string. EXAMPLE
button .b -bg [tk_chooseColor -initialcolor gray -title "Choose color"] KEYWORDS
color selection dialog ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +--------------------+-----------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Availability | SUNWTk | +--------------------+-----------------+ |Interface Stability | Uncommitted | +--------------------+-----------------+ NOTES
Source for Tk is available on http://opensolaris.org. Tk 4.2 tk_chooseColor(1T)
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