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- From: jwstok01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu (JOHN STOKES)
- Subject: Re: "new" wmgr (was Re: Unix system V question)
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:41:54 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov15.060836.24228@gnosys.svle.ma.us> <1992Nov16.203609.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> <1992Nov19.001850.7473@craycos.com> <1992Nov19.113729.15096@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- In article <1992Nov19.113729.15096@cbnews.cb.att.com> adh@cbnews.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay) writes:
- >From: adh@cbnews.cb.att.com (andrew.d.hay)
- >Subject: Re: "new" wmgr (was Re: Unix system V question)
- >Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 11:37:29 GMT
-
- >In article <1992Nov19.001850.7473@craycos.com> jrbd@craycos.com (James Davies) writes:
- >>"This seems like a good time to go off on a tangent: does anybody out
- >>"there know how to set the name in the window menu to something other
- >>"than "Unknown Process"? I've been able to set up different entries in
- >>"my main Office menu that all make shells, but I can't get them to have
- >>"different names in the window menu (which is what I really want).
-
- >it's done with an ioctl. i'm annoyed there isn't an escape sequence
- >for it, but when (;^>) we get the src...
-
- a less formal, but eaiser way is to get windy from somewhere and use:
- windy -n "window name"
- FROM the process running in the window. (in case you don't like using
- technical/hard to understand stuff like ioctl).
-
- -John
- p.s. I'm using a temp mailreader (my usu. one is down SO IGNORE the fact
- that I have no retrun address. direct e-mail to:
- jwstok01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
- or jwstok01@ulkyvx.bitnet
-