# save the former terminal title if we're running in X with xterm.
prior_title=
-if [ "$TERM" == "xterm" ]; then
- prior_title="$(xprop -id $WINDOWID | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"
+which xprop &>/dev/null
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+ if [[ "$TERM" =~ .*"xterm".* ]]; then
+ prior_title="$(xprop -id $WINDOWID | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"
+ fi
fi
# force the TERM variable to a more generic version for other side.
# re-run the terminal labeller after coming back from ssh.
# we check the exit value because we don't want to update this for a failed connection.
if [ -z "$prior_title" ]; then
+#echo prior title nil new label
bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/tty/label_terminal_with_infos.sh
else
+#echo "using old prior title of '$prior_title'"
bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/tty/set_term_title.sh "$prior_title"
fi
fi