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Opening a usable xterm window through bash script

I often have projects for which I need multiple terminal windows open at different locations, and setting up my workspace each time I want to work on this project takes a long time, so I'd like to be ...
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How can a bash script detect support for window titling escape characters?

I have a debug trap that runs every time I enter a command in bash that sets the window title to indicate what command is running. I'm leaving out all the configuration details and boil it down to: ...
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C-u leaves ghost characters at command prompt in xterm

I am using bash (v3.2.25) on linux, through xterm, through exceed. When using Ctrlu the cursor is moved next to the bash character prompt ($) but the rest of the line remains and is not erased as ...
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How to set up `screen` to modify the window title and xterm-window title?

I'd like to have my current $PS1 prompt (\u@\h:\w$(__git_ps1 "(%s)")\$ plus some coloring) to be also used as screen's window title (in the hardline) and as the xterm window title. How can this be ...
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Emacs commands in xterm

I found that the commands I used to use in gnome-terminal/bash, those I learned in emacs, are only partially working in xterm/bash. In some cases, I get strange chars like ÿ, æ, and â instead. Do you ...
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What is bash's meta key?

I tried to use xmodmap to map META_L to the MENU key but it doesn't seem to be accepted by bash as the meta key. So, I am wondering how these components (keyboard, X, xterm, bash) relate to each in ...
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Display command in xterm titlebar

My Bash Prompt is currently setting the xterm titlebar using the following sequence: PS1='\033]0;\u@\h>\w\007' Is there an easy way to display the current command in the titlebar. For example, ...