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How do I go about RENAMING a TCC Tab from command line in TC 9.02?
Thanks, Mike
Thanks, Mike
REN a TCC Tab from command line
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Charles Dye
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With the TITLE command, or the TITLEPROMPT variable. (The variable takes precedence.)
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Is there also a way to do the equivalent of right-clicking a tab in Take Command and renaming it manually? This has precedence over TITLE, TITLEPROMPT and all other title changes made by console-mode programs that run in the tab which makes it useful for setting a title that cannot be changed. But it would be nice to be able to do it from the command line instead of having to use the Take Command interface.
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nikbackm wrote:
and
> all other title changes made by console-mode programs that run in the
> tab which makes it useful for setting a title that cannot be changed. But
> it would be nice to be able to do it from the command line instead of
having
> to use the Take Command interface.
After you've set the title, change the UpdateTitle .INI directive to 0
(OPTION //UpdateTitle=No).
Rex Conn
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> and renaming it manually? This has precedence over TITLE, TITLEPROMPT
and
> all other title changes made by console-mode programs that run in the
> tab which makes it useful for setting a title that cannot be changed. But
> it would be nice to be able to do it from the command line instead of
having
> to use the Take Command interface.
After you've set the title, change the UpdateTitle .INI directive to 0
(OPTION //UpdateTitle=No).
Rex Conn
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I have "Update title" turned off for all TCC instances already. The problem with changing TC tab title usuaully occurs when I start another console-mode program from TCC (running in a tab) that changes the console title. This also causes the TC tab name to change unless it already has been assigned an explicit name (or been renamed).
But I wrote a separate thread for this already (I missed the moderation notice so I thougth the post in this thread was lost).
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nikbackm wrote:
> another console-mode program from TCC (running in a tab) that changes
> the console title. This also causes the TC tab name to change unless
> it already has been assigned an explicit name (or been renamed).
Then why not set the title in a startup tab -- that will prevent
anything (except a "rename tab") from changing it subsequently.
Rex Conn
JP Software
> problem with changing TC tab title usuaully occurs when I start
> another console-mode program from TCC (running in a tab) that changes
> the console title. This also causes the TC tab name to change unless
> it already has been assigned an explicit name (or been renamed).
Then why not set the title in a startup tab -- that will prevent
anything (except a "rename tab") from changing it subsequently.
Rex Conn
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Yes, I could do that but I prefer to start the new tabs dynamically (via an alias using START /TAB) as I don't use them all the time.
Therefore an extra switch to START for setting the tab name when "/TAB" is used would be quite useful, at least for me.
rconn
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nikbackm wrote:
I'll add that to the suggestion list for v11 (the v10 feature list was
frozen several weeks ago).
Rex Conn
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> (via an alias using START /TAB) as I don't use them all the time.
> "/TAB" is used would be quite useful, at least for me.
I'll add that to the suggestion list for v11 (the v10 feature list was
frozen several weeks ago).
Rex Conn
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nikbackm wrote:
| ---Quote (Originally by rconn)---
|| nikbackm wrote:
||| problem with changing TC tab title usuaully occurs when I start
||| another console-mode program from TCC (running in a tab) that changes
||| the console title. This also causes the TC tab name to change unless
||| it already has been assigned an explicit name (or been renamed).
||
|| Then why not set the title in a startup tab -- that will prevent
|| anything (except a "rename tab") from changing it subsequently.
| ---End Quote---
| Yes, I could do that but I prefer to start the new tabs dynamically
| (via an alias using START /TAB) as I don't use them all the time.
|
| Therefore an extra switch to START for setting the tab name when
| "/TAB" is used would be quite useful, at least for me.
Check the syntax of the START command. It provides for a "title" parameter.
Though I have not tested it, it ought to allow you to provide the tab title,
just as it would become a window title when used without the /TAB option.
--
HTH, Steve
| ---Quote (Originally by rconn)---
|| nikbackm wrote:
||| problem with changing TC tab title usuaully occurs when I start
||| another console-mode program from TCC (running in a tab) that changes
||| the console title. This also causes the TC tab name to change unless
||| it already has been assigned an explicit name (or been renamed).
||
|| Then why not set the title in a startup tab -- that will prevent
|| anything (except a "rename tab") from changing it subsequently.
| ---End Quote---
| Yes, I could do that but I prefer to start the new tabs dynamically
| (via an alias using START /TAB) as I don't use them all the time.
|
| Therefore an extra switch to START for setting the tab name when
| "/TAB" is used would be quite useful, at least for me.
Check the syntax of the START command. It provides for a "title" parameter.
Though I have not tested it, it ought to allow you to provide the tab title,
just as it would become a window title when used without the /TAB option.
--
HTH, Steve
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Yes, it sets the console title but not the tab name (the tab seems to use the console title as its name only if the tab has not explicitly been given its own name), so if you later starts another console program in the tab that changes the console title then the tab name changes as well.