From afa8bcc43760358c059d3ec064f98c6046dfd02b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Midgard <2885-Midgard@users.noreply.framagit.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 20:07:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [terminal.sh] Instructions about terminal window title
 setting

---
 i3/terminal.sh | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/i3/terminal.sh b/i3/terminal.sh
index b9c9318..50a4347 100755
--- a/i3/terminal.sh
+++ b/i3/terminal.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# If a window with a path in its title is focused, open a terminal with that
+# location as working directory. Like this, terminals are opened in the same
+# directory as the currently focused one.
+#
+# Your shell should set the window title correctly, of course. In most common
+# terminals this can be achieved with
+# printf '\033]2;%s@%s:%s\007' "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD}"
+# In bash, you can put this printf in your PROMPT_COMMAND.
+
 set -uo pipefail
 # A failure in this script should not prevent the terminal from opening
 set +e
@@ -11,10 +20,6 @@ else
 	CMD=xfce4-terminal
 fi
 
-# If a window with a path in its title is focused, open a terminal with that
-# location as working directory. Like this, terminals are opened in the same
-# directory as the currently focused one.
-
 focused_window_title() {
 	if [ -n "${WAYLAND_DISPLAY:-}" ]; then
 		lswt -j | jq -r '.toplevels | map(select(.activated?))[0].title'