[Buildroot] [PATCH] infra: display current task as title of the term window
Arnout Vandecappelle
arnout at mind.be
Tue Aug 20 22:32:15 UTC 2013
On 19/08/13 20:49, Thomas De Schampheleire wrote:
[snip]
> >> However, while testing again, I noticed an annoyance: if the build
> >> process stops prematurely, for example because the build fails or the
> >> user interrupts it, the last tab title remains. I would much prefer
> >> that we can cleanly restore this no matter how buildroot/make stops.
> >
> >
> > Won't that be the case regardless of whether the build fails or succeeds?
>
> Currently it is indeed, but that could easily be fixed by adding an extra
> such print at the end.
A print of what? An empty string? Then your window won't have a title
anymore... There is no way to save the previous window title, so I really
think that if PS1 doesn't set the window title, then buildroot shouldn't
either.
Regards,
Arnout
>
> >
> > I think this patch is only really suitable for people who have
> something similar in their PS1. Otherwise it will just mess up your
> window title.
> >
> > Also, it should only be done if $TERM == xterm, otherwise you get
> annoying stuff when running buildroot from a text console. And in fact,
> the same is true of the colouring itself, so we don't get these annoying
> escape characters in log files and continuous integration web interfaces.
>
> Agreed.
>
> Best regards,
> Thomas
>
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