Set tab title when invoking terminator --new-tab

[Sparhawk]

I'd like to be able to set a tab title when I invoke terminator with a specific command. For example, I invoke mutt thus:

    terminator --new-tab -x "TERM=xterm-256color; export BROWSER=firefox; mutt -Z || mutt"

Terminator creates a new tab, but the tab title is `/bin/bash`. If I leave this tab open, I tend to lose track of it, especially since I invoke other commands in a similar way.

In an interactive shell, I can change the tab title by modifying PS1, but this is doesn't appear possible in a non-interactive session.

Terminator 0.98
Arch Linux

[Sparhawk (sparhawkthesecond)]

I just wanted to note a workaround to this. You can send an additional command to terminator to set the title.

    print -Pn \"\e]0;<tab_title>\a\"

Hence, you can use the following (escaping the ").

    terminator --new-tab -x "TERM=xterm-256color; print -Pn \"\e]0;Mutt\a\"; export BROWSER=firefox; mutt -Z || mutt"

(For mutt specifically, you can just `set ts_enabled = yes` and also set ts_status_format, but this is useful for other commands that don't offer this functionality.)

It'd be neat to integrate this into terminator directly, but I'm happy for this to be closed if you prefer.