Re: title in gui terminal?

Am 2011-06-23 20:13, schrieb Sadrul Habib Chowdhury:
> On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Matthias Leopold<matthias-8HL/[email protected]>  wrote:
>> hi,
>>
>> i'm a newbie concerning configuration of screen so this a question about
>> distro standard configurations:
>>
>> when i ssh from my debian box to a redhat server and start a screen there
>> window title and tab of my gnome-terminal show what i think is the
>> "hardstatus string". when i start screen locally in debian or via ssh on a
>> debian server no such thing happens although there is a "hardstatus string"
>> configuration in /etc/screenrc.
>>
>> whats the difference in the standard configurations?
>>
>> screen version is always 4.0.3
>>
>> relevant screenrc lines IMO:
>>
>> debian 6:
>>
>> # Set the hardstatus prop on gui terms to set the titlebar/icon title
>> termcapinfo xterm*|rxvt*|kterm*|Eterm* hs:ts=\E]0;:fs=\007:ds=\E]0;\007
>> # use this for the hard status string
>> hardstatus string "%h%? users: %u%?
>
> I would try adding 'hardstatus on' (in its own line) there as well and
> see if that helps.
>
> Sadrul
>


i tried that before posting (i know there's a default of "off" in 
debian). didn't make a difference. and from the comment in screenrc 
("turn sending of screen messages to hardstatus off") i guess that this 
switch serves a different purpose

matthias