QUESTION:
We would like to be able from system A to run an aixterm
on system B and set the title for the window.
If I get a command prompt and key the following:
rsh sysb aixterm -display $DISPLAY -T 'My Title' -e /u/mydir/myscript&
it will start an aixterm on systemb (we have a .rhosts file)
and run myscript putting a title, 'My Title' on the window. I
want to be able to add the same thing to a mwmrc file to allow a
user to simply select a menu option.
The problem I am running into is how to quote the line in the
mwmrc file to allow a multi word title, i.e. a title with white
space in it.
e.g.
"stuff" f.exec "rsh sysb ......."
I have not been able to move the quotes and make this work. Any
ideas on how to code the rsh call that appears above as an item
in an mwmrc file?
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A: There are two different answers I came up with:
1. When running the aixterm locally, the -T titlename can be
placed in single quotes, within the outer double quotes:
"My Program" f.exec "aixterm -T 'My Title' &"
2. When I try your example with the remote shell, the -e
seems to take over, and the title of my window becomes .
This can be changed by adding an escape sequence to the script
that you are running. Every script could contain an echo command
like this that sets the window title bar.
Add this line to the script invoked by the aixterm:
echo "\033¢0; My Title With Blank Space \007"
where:
" = double quote, \ = backslash, ¢ = right bracket
The result should change the title of the aixterm.
See InfoExplorer using searchwords: aixterm, datastream
and choose the topic: The aixterm Command HFT Display Characteristics
At the very bottom of this article is a table entry:
xst set text parameters ESC ¢ Ps ; Pt \007
0 change window name and title
to Pt
A note about aixterm -e :
The shell will exit at the end of executing thus closing
the window. The result may be the answer you want flashing on the
screen and then disappearing. You might put a "sleep 10"
or invoke /bin/ksh at the end of your script to give you a
chance to see the command output before closing the aixterm.
A note about rsh:
When the shell opened on the remote machine it seemed to have
the bare bones ENV variables set from my local machine.
In particular it seemed lost as to the PWD. To make mine work
I needed to specify a full pathname on the aixterm -e .
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