- # make sure we're actually using xterm *and* that we have a window ID.
- if [[ ! -z "$GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN" ]]; then
- term_title_found="$(xprop -id $WINDOWID | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"
+ # gnome-terminal doesn't set WINDOWID currently, but we can work around this if xdotool
+ # is installed.
+ if [[ -z "$WINDOWID" && ! -z "$(which xdotool)" ]]; then
+ term_title_found="$(xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"
+ # check if we're actually using xterm *and* that we have a window ID.