source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/common.alias"
# uncomment this to get extra noisy debugging.
-export DEBUG_TERM_TITLE=true
+#export DEBUG_TERM_TITLE=true
# puts a specific textual label on the terminal title bar.
# this doesn't consider any previous titles; it just labels the terminal.
title="$(hostname)"
fi
- if [ "${TERM}" != "dumb" -a -z "$PBS_ENVIRONMENT" -a ! -z "$PS1" ]; then
+ if [ "${TERM}" != "dumb" -a -z "$PBS_ENVIRONMENT" -a \
+ ! -z "$PS1" -a "${TERM}" != "linux" ]; then
echo -n -e "\033]0;${title}\007"
else
# not running interactively, so just echo the title.
function set_terminal_title()
{
apply_title_to_terminal $*
- # we're enforcing a new title from here on.
- unset PRIOR_TERMINAL_TITLE
+
+#tricky attempts to get it to be available when we ask for it in get_terminal_title
+ sync
+# echo -n
+
+# # we're enforcing a new title from here on.
+# unset PRIOR_TERMINAL_TITLE
save_terminal_title
}
# echoes back the current title on the terminal window, if we can acquire it.
function get_terminal_title()
{
- local term_title_found=""
+#hmmm: totally failing since gnome doesn't provide the info we need like it should; WINDOWID is empty.
+#hmmm: need to revise this somehow to work around that, but nothing is quite right so far.
+#hmmm: had to disable the xwininfo approach because it's super messy (console noise) and still isn't right (just like xdotool approach wasn't right).
+
+ # this is an important value now; it is checked for in save_terminal_title.
+ local term_title_found="unknown"
# save the former terminal title if we're running in X with xterm.
- which xprop &>/dev/null
- if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
- # make sure we're actually using xterm *and* that we have a window ID.
- if [[ "$TERM" =~ .*"xterm".* && ! -z "$WINDOWID" ]]; then
- term_title_found="$(xprop -id $WINDOWID | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"
+
+ # are we even running a terminal?
+#hmmm: abstract out that condition below to check against a list of names.
+ if [[ "$TERM" =~ .*"xterm".* ]]; then
+ # check that we have a window ID.
+ if [[ ! -z "$WINDOWID" ]]; then
+ # the window id exists in the variable; can we get its info?
+ if [[ ! -z "$(which xprop)" ]]; then
+ # sweet, we have all the info we need to get this done.
+ term_title_found="$(xprop -id $WINDOWID | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"
+ fi
+ else
+ # gnome-terminal doesn't set WINDOWID currently; we can try to work around this.
+ false
+#hmmm: so far, none of these approaches are any good.
+# # not good solution; gets wrong titles. plus uses xdotool which is not installed by default in ubuntu.
+# if [[ ! -z "$(which xdotool)" ]]; then
+# term_title_found="$(xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"
+# fi
+# # this solution also fails by getting the wrong window title if this one isn't focussed.
+# if [[ ! -z "$(which xwininfo)" ]]; then
+# term_title_found=$(xwininfo -id $(xprop -root | awk '/NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW/ { print $5; exit }') | awk -F\" '/xwininfo:/ { print $2; exit }')
+# fi
fi
fi
- echo "$term_title_found"
+ echo -n "$term_title_found"
}
# reads the current terminal title, if possible, and saves it to our record.
function save_terminal_title()
{
local title="$(get_terminal_title)"
- if [ ! -z "$title" ]; then
+ if [ "$title" != "unknown" ]; then
# there was a title, so save it.
if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_TERM_TITLE" ]; then
- echo "saving prior terminal title as '$prior_title'"
+ echo "saving prior terminal title as '$title'"
fi
- export PRIOR_TERMINAL_TITLE="$prior_title"
+ export PRIOR_TERMINAL_TITLE="$title"
else
# the terminal had no title, or we couldn't access it, or there's no terminal.
if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_TERM_TITLE" ]; then
fi
pruned_host=$(echo $HOSTNAME | sed -e 's/^\([^\.]*\)\..*$/\1/')
date_string=$(date +"%Y %b %e @ %T")
- user=$USER
+ user="$(logname)"
if [ -z "$user" ]; then
# try snagging the windoze name.
user=$USERNAME
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