Xterm Plugin

Description

This script automatically sets your xterm title with host and location information. It dynamically updates the title to reflect the current user, host, directory, and command being executed.

Source

You can find the original source of this script here.

Variables

PROMPT_CHAR (optional): This variable is shared with powerline.
OMB_PLUGIN_XTERM_SHORT_TERM_LINE (optional): Controls whether to shorten the directory name in the title.
OMB_PLUGIN_XTERM_SHORT_USER (optional): Overrides the default user name.
OMB_PLUGIN_XTERM_SHORT_HOSTNAME (optional): Overrides the default hostname.

Functions

set_xterm_title
- Sets the xterm title with the provided string.

Usage

Enable plugin:

Add the plugin name xterm in the plugins array in ~/.bashrc.

# bashrc

plugins=(... xterm)

Customization:

Modify the variables and functions as needed to fit your preferences.

The xterm title will be automatically updated based on your commands and directory changes.

⚠️ if you want to add only this plugin and not Oh My Bash, you can copy the file xterm.plugin.bash in a place you like and edit the file to comment out the line _omb_module_require plugin:bash-preexec. Then, source xterm.plugin.bash in ~/.basrhc (for interactive uses) or in a shell script (for a standalone shell program). To make the xterm title be automatically updated, you also need to get a copy of bash-preexec.sh (a not up-to-date one is found in the repository of Oh My Bash at tools/bash-preexec.sh) and source it as well. You may instead copy and paste the functions directly into a script file, in which case the plugin will not receive updates and possible errors will have to be solved by you

Dependencies

This plugin relies on bash-preexec.sh for the preexec and precmd hooks.