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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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
lookat
lookat(1) General Commands Manual lookat(1)
NAME
lookat - X11 VRML viewer
SYNOPSIS
lookat [-notitle | -title <title>] [[-url] <file.wrl>]
DESCRIPTION
lookat is a simple X11 viewer for VRML files that uses libopenvrml.
You can use the mouse to change the view. Clicking with the left mouse button and dragging the mouse around will rotate the view, while
clicking with the middle mouse button and dragging around will move the scene closer and farther.
The right mouse button will bring the viewpoint menu.
OPTIONS
-notitle
Do not use the URL as the window title.
-title <title>
Use <title> as the window title.
-url <file.wrl>, <file.wrl>
Specify a VRML file or URL to open.
KEYS
Left Right
Move the view left or right.
, . Rotate the view left or right.
Up Down
Move the view forward or backwards.
A Z Move the view up or down.
a z Rotate the view up or down.
PageUp PageDn
Change to the next or previous viewpoint.
r Home Reset the view.
b Toggle alpha blending on or off.
c Toggle culling on or off.
d Toggle bspheres on or off.
l Toggle lighting on or off.
t Toggle texture mapping on or off.
w Toggle wireframe rendering (polygons) on or off.
EXAMPLES
On Debian systems, you can find VRML sample files in the /usr/share/doc/libopenvrml9/examples/ directory.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Sam Hocevar <sam@zoy.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
Debian Project August 2003 lookat(1)