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Re: [trinity-devel] konsole "Prompt Tip" incorrect (with patch - review and push)

From: "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@...>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:23:04 -0500
On 04/17/2012 06:42 PM, Darrell Anderson wrote:
> Yup, yup, yup. I know that. :)
> 
> I was asking whether the tip itself is technically correct.
> 
> I recall long ago in a galaxy far away, that to get the directory name to appear in the konsole title bar required setting the $PROMPT_COMMAND in the environment. Of course, like many users, one I got things configured the way I wanted I haven't changed a doggone thing in many years. So now my gray matter is fuzzy about this.
> 
> I don't know. I know $PROMPT_COMMAND has something to do with getting something into the konsole title bar.
> 
> Darrell

Ok...

  Yes, like you I recall reading something like that years ago, but unlike the
prompt itself, I've never tested whether that tip actually puts it in the
titlebar :) (mostly because I don't want the path in the window :)

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.