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Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• xtctl
• xtitle

Projektgeschichte

Stephen B. Kinzler's page describes xtitle as a tool so straightforward he originally would not have expected to package it, but it escaped into wider use and was given a man page, Imakefile, and companion `xtctl` script. The copyright span starts in 1993, and the manpage author line records updates in 1993, 1998, 2000, and 2009.

Adoptionsgeschichte

xtitle spread because xterm title escape sequences are useful but annoying to remember. It appears in distro package sets mostly as a tiny convenience command for shell prompts, scripts, and users who keep many terminal windows open.

Wie es verwendet wird

Run `xtitle build logs`, `xtitle -t name`, or `xtitle -i icon-name` inside an xterm-like terminal to update the window title and/or icon name. The tool prints OSC title-control sequences rather than talking to Xlib directly.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

xtitle is a tiny-package example: a one-purpose script became package-worthy because it captured a common X11 terminal idiom, documented it, and made it portable enough for package managers to ship.

Zeitleiste

• 1993: xtitle's copyright and manpage history begin.
• 1998: Manpage author line records a November 1998 update.
• 2000: Manpage author line records a March 2000 update.
• 2009: Manpage author line records a December 2009 update; current manual page reports version 1.0.4.
• 2014: Upstream page copyright range extends through 2014.

Related projects

• xterm: the terminal whose title/icon-name control sequences xtitle emits.
• dtterm: listed by the manpage as another terminal known to work.
• xtermcontrol: a broader command-line controller for xterm properties.

Quellen

• https://kinzler.com/me/xtitle/
• https://kinzler.com/me/xtitle/src/xtitle.html
• https://kinzler.com/me/xtitle/src/xtitle.man
• https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Xterm-Title-3.html