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How can I automatically update the title in an xterm running screen?

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This is a bit of a followup to this question. I'm working in tcsh within GNU screen in an xterm. I have the following in my .cshrc: And this works fine! However, when I run screen I see that the title doesn't get updated with the current directory. How can I make screen update the xterm title?

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alias res_t 'xtset -t %h:%d "(%u:%g)" %e'       # reset titlebar
res_t                                           # reset title right now
alias precmd…

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You can set the xterm window title by adding this to your or (replace your current alias): Make sure this is the only precmd alias in your and files when using this. This method displays the current directory as the window title for me in both xterm…

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