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Re: Console title


Hi,

>> This makes the set title go after the current title, instead of
>> replacing it. You need to enable hardstatus support in termcap to be
>> able to notice the difference. In particular the entries 'hs', 'fs',
>> 'ts' and 'ds' are needed. See 'man screen'.
>
> You have offered no justification for this change.  Obviously we
> could have appended the title after the existing title if we wanted
> to.
>
> What's the rationale here?

When a program (screen) erases the current title, the old one is back.
Otherwise it's empty, which is ugly in my opinion.

Micha.


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