Introduction¶
Screen doesn’t set a useful window title. Usually all you get is bash, bash, bash and you have to set them manually with C-a A.
Solution¶
I found a solution for bash from: http://aperiodic.net/screen/title_examples that works for me although it is a weird hack.
Insert in .screenrc:
# 13.08.2016 inserted to get descriptive titles
shelltitle "$ |bash"
Insert in .bashrc:
# 13.08.2016 inserted to get descriptive titles
export PS1='\[\033k\033\\\]\u@\h:\w\$ '
I think it would be an additional improvement to add the current path to the window title to see if you work local or remote. I am going to post if I find a better solution to this problem.
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