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# iTerm Tab and Title Customization #

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function set_title_tab {

function settab {

# file settab -- invoked only if iTerm or Konsole is running

# Set iterm window tab to current directory and penultimate directory if the

# shell process is running. Truncate to leave the rightmost $rlength characters.

#

# Use with functions settitle (to set iterm title bar to current directory)

# and chpwd

if [[ $TERM_PROGRAM == iTerm.app && -z "$KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION" ]];then

# The $rlength variable prints only the 20 rightmost characters. Otherwise iTerm truncates

# what appears in the tab from the left.

# Chage the following to change the string that actually appears in the tab:

tab_label="$PWD:h:t/$PWD:t"

rlength="20" # number of characters to appear before truncation from the left

echo -ne "\e]1;${(l:rlength:)tab_label}\a"

else

# For KDE konsole tabs

# Chage the following to change the string that actually appears in the tab:

tab_label="$PWD:h:t/$PWD:t"

rlength="20" # number of characters to appear before truncation from the left

# If we have a functioning KDE console, set the tab in the same way

if [[ -n "$KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION" && ( -x $(which dcop) ) ]];then

dcop "$KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION" renameSession "${(l:rlength:)tab_label}"

else

: # do nothing if tabs don't exist

fi

fi

}

function settitle {

# Function "settitle" -- set the title of the iterm title bar. use with chpwd and settab

# Change the following string to change what appears in the Title Bar label:

title_lab=$HOST:r:r::$PWD

# Prints the host name, two colons, absolute path for current directory

# Change the title bar label dynamically:

echo -ne "\e]2;[zsh] $title_lab\a"

}

# Set tab and title bar dynamically using above-defined functions

function title_tab_chpwd { settab ; settitle }

# Now we need to run it:

title_tab_chpwd

# Set tab or title bar label transiently to the currently running command

if [[ "$TERM_PROGRAM" == "iTerm.app" ]];then

function title_tab_preexec { echo -ne "\e]1; $(history $HISTCMD | cut -b7- ) \a" }

function title_tab_precmd { settab }

else

function title_tab_preexec { echo -ne "\e]2; $(history $HISTCMD | cut -b7- ) \a" }

function title_tab_precmd { settitle }

fi

typeset -ga preexec_functions

preexec_functions+=title_tab_preexec

typeset -ga precmd_functions

precmd_functions+=title_tab_precmd

typeset -ga chpwd_functions

chpwd_functions+=title_tab_chpwd

}

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# set_title_tab