Re: title in gui terminal?

[Matthias Leopold]

Am 2011-06-23 20:13, schrieb Sadrul Habib Chowdhury:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Matthias Leopold<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > hi,
> >
> > i'm a newbie concerning configuration of screen so this a question about
> > distro standard configurations:
> >
> > when i ssh from my debian box to a redhat server and start a screen there
> > window title and tab of my gnome-terminal show what i think is the
> > "hardstatus string". when i start screen locally in debian or via ssh on a
> > debian server no such thing happens although there is a "hardstatus string"
> > configuration in /etc/screenrc.
> >
> > whats the difference in the standard configurations?
> >
> > screen version is always 4.0.3
> >
> > relevant screenrc lines IMO:
> >
> > debian 6:
> >
> > # Set the hardstatus prop on gui terms to set the titlebar/icon title
> > termcapinfo xterm*|rxvt*|kterm*|Eterm* hs:ts=\E]0;:fs=\007:ds=\E]0;\007
> > # use this for the hard status string
> > hardstatus string "%h%? users: %u%?
>
> I would try adding 'hardstatus on' (in its own line) there as well and
> see if that helps.
>
> Sadrul


i tried that before posting (i know there's a default of "off" in 
debian). didn't make a difference. and from the comment in screenrc 
("turn sending of screen messages to hardstatus off") i guess that this 
switch serves a different purpose

matthias