Re: term-mode doesn't recognize "set window title" instruction

[York Zhao]

Any idea?

On Nov 20, 2016 1:06 PM, "York Zhao" <gtdplatform@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> In my .bashrc file, I have the following to set the terminal window title
> and customize the shell prompt:
>
>   PS1='\[\033]0;${PWD//[^[:ascii:]]/?}\007\]' # set window title
>   PS1="$PS1"'\u@\h $ '             # user@host $<space>
>
> The first line makes the current directory shown as the title of the
> terminal window, and the prompt would be shows as:
>
>   york@linux-host $
>
> However, the first line which sets the terminal window title confused the
> term-mode, and the following is what gets shown in term-mode buffer:
>
>   0;/home/yorkyork@linux-host $
>
> Of course the problem can be addressed by removing the first line in my
> .bashrc file which sets the title of terminal window. However, I would love
> to know if there's a way to allow the terminal window title to be shown,
> while at the same time, also making Emacs term-mode happy!
>
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>