From: Chris Koeritz <fred@gruntose.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:05:28 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: fixed terminal title problem
X-Git-Tag: 2.140.114^2~13
X-Git-Url: https://feistymeow.org/gitweb/?p=feisty_meow.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=92085a5a47db220490e1133e889b04322346f9bf

fixed terminal title problem

working around gnome-terminal not supplying WINDOWID by using xdotool.  sigh.  yet another workaround requiring an extra software install.
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diff --git a/scripts/tty/terminal_titler.sh b/scripts/tty/terminal_titler.sh
index df3e6a8c..cb5c9a0e 100644
--- a/scripts/tty/terminal_titler.sh
+++ b/scripts/tty/terminal_titler.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function set_terminal_title()
 {
   apply_title_to_terminal $*
 
-#tricky tries to get it to be available when we ask for it in get_terminal_title
+#tricky attempts to get it to be available when we ask for it in get_terminal_title
   sync
 #  echo -n
 
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ function get_terminal_title()
   # save the former terminal title if we're running in X with xterm.
   which xprop &>/dev/null
   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-    # make sure we're actually using xterm *and* that we have a window ID.
-    if [[ ! -z "$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.
     elif [[ "$TERM" =~ .*"xterm".* && ! -z "$WINDOWID" ]]; then
       term_title_found="$(xprop -id $WINDOWID | perl -nle 'print $1 if /^WM_NAME.+= \"(.*)\"$/')"
     fi