[[ "$TERM" == "dumb" ]] && return #usage: title short_tab_title looooooooooooooooooooooggggggg_windows_title #http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Xterm-Title.html#ss3.1 #Fully support screen, iterm, and probably most modern xterm and rxvt #Limited support for Apple Terminal (Terminal can't set window or tab separately) function title { [ "$DISABLE_AUTO_TITLE" != "true" ] || return if [[ $TERM =~ "^screen" ]]; then print -Pn "\ek$1:q\e\\" #set screen hardstatus, usually truncated at 20 chars elif [[ ($TERM =~ "^xterm") ]] || [[ ($TERM == "rxvt") ]] || [[ "$TERM_PROGRAM" == "iTerm.app" ]]; then print -Pn "\e]2;$2:q\a" #set window name print -Pn "\e]1;$1:q\a" #set icon (=tab) name (will override window name on broken terminal) fi } ZSH_THEME_TERM_TAB_TITLE_IDLE="%15<..<%~%<<" #15 char left truncated PWD ZSH_THEME_TERM_TITLE_IDLE="%n@%m: %~" #Appears when you have the prompt function precmd { title $ZSH_THEME_TERM_TAB_TITLE_IDLE $ZSH_THEME_TERM_TITLE_IDLE } #Appears at the beginning of (and during) of command execution function preexec { emulate -L zsh setopt extended_glob local CMD=${1[(wr)^(*=*|sudo|ssh|-*)]} #cmd name only, or if this is sudo or ssh, the next cmd title "$CMD" "%100>...>$2%<<" }