# save the former terminal title if we're running in X with xterm.
which xprop &>/dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
- # gnome-terminal doesn't set WINDOWID currently, but we can work around this if xdotool
- # is installed.
- if [[ -z "$WINDOWID" && ! -z "$(which xdotool)" ]]; then
- term_title_found="$(xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"
+ # gnome-terminal doesn't set WINDOWID currently, but we can work around this.
+ if [[ -z "$WINDOWID" && ! -z "$(which wininfo)" ]]; then
+#not good solution. term_title_found="$(xprop -id $(xdotool getactivewindow) | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"
+ term_title_found=$(xwininfo -id $(xprop -root | awk '/NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW/ { print $5; exit }') | awk -F\" '/xwininfo:/ { print $2; exit }')
# check if we're actually using xterm *and* that we have a window ID.
elif [[ "$TERM" =~ .*"xterm".* && ! -z "$WINDOWID" ]]; then
term_title_found="$(xprop -id $WINDOWID | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"