Konsole, change tabname on commandline

[Dikke_lu]

I used to use KDE 3. Here I made in my konsole some scripts to start my servers.

Each server has a name and that name was automatically used as tabname.

SERVER=test

/usr/bin/dcop $KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION renameSession "$SERVER"
/usr/bin/ssh -l root $SERVER.tester.com $1
/usr/bin/dcop $KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION renameSession "Shell"

Now in the new KDE and Konsole, this doesn't work anymore.

Can anybody give me a direction or a hint on how I can make such a script again?

[kubicle]

Re: Konsole, change tabname on commandline

You shouldn't need a script for that. Edit your konsole profile, under "Tabs"-tab you can set how to rename tabs in remote sessions '%h' and '%H' stand for hostname (short and long format).

In case you're wondering why your script doesn't work, dcop has been superceded by dbus in KDE4.

[Dikke_lu]

Re: Konsole, change tabname on commandline

If I change the value under remote session to '%h' or '%H' nothing changes. The tabname is still pcname:bash.
After restarting Konsole, it still doesn't work.

And I did knew that dcop was changed by dbus. But I can't find out on google how I could do this with dbus.

[kubicle]

Re: Konsole, change tabname on commandline

If I change the value under remote session to '%h' or '%H' nothing changes. The tabname is still pcname:bash.
After restarting Konsole, it still doesn't work.

Hmm, working as expected here with Karmic KDE4.3 (Which version of KDE are you using, could be a bug?)

I have "%n : %D" for local sessions, and "@%H" for remote sessions and the tab name changes to "@hostname" with an ssh connection.
(Just to make sure, you did try connecting to the remote machine after changing the setting? :P)

[Dikke_lu]

Re: Konsole, change tabname on commandline

The same thing like you '@%H' changes the tabname to @ but not to @Hostname

I have KDE version KDE: 4.2.2 (KDE 4.2.2). I only update when kubuntu pushes the updates.

(Just to make sure, you did try connecting to the remote machine after changing the setting? Tongue)

Oh no I forgot to do that :P. No, I'm kidding

[Dikke_lu]

Re: Konsole, change tabname on commandline

Anybody else an idea how I can fix this?

[kubicle]

Re: Konsole, change tabname on commandline

I talked to a friend of mine who is running jaunty, and she said tab renaming is working as expected for her (she is using kde 4.2.4, though). So I'd think it is either a bug in kde4.2.2 konsole or some sort of config issue.

The same thing like you '@%H' changes the tabname to @ but not to @Hostname

Sort of works, just not the important part. Did you try other variables than %h or %H...are the variables not working in general, or just the hostname keys?

[Dikke_lu]

Re: Konsole, change tabname on commandline

None of the variables is working.

I will test it on another jaunty machine if it is a config issue!

[Guest]

Re: Konsole, change tabname on commandline

I used to use KDE 3. Here I made in my konsole some scripts to start my servers.

Each server has a name and that name was automatically used as tabname.

SERVER=test

/usr/bin/dcop $KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION renameSession "$SERVER"
/usr/bin/ssh -l root $SERVER.tester.com $1
/usr/bin/dcop $KONSOLE_DCOP_SESSION renameSession "Shell"

Now in the new KDE and Konsole, this doesn't work anymore.

Can anybody give me a direction or a hint on how I can make such a script again?

I ported a similar script I had. The only problem I haven't solved is if I rename a tab, the tabs lose their name the instance I type something into a shell. The following is a shortened sanitized version of it (yes the `echo yadda'\r'` business is necessary to send commands into your shells):

#!/bin/bash

kstart --maximize konsole

sleep 2

for nr in 1 2 3; do
qdbus org.kde.konsole /Konsole org.kde.konsole.Konsole.newSession
done

qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/1 org.kde.konsole.Session.setTitle 1 server1
qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/2 org.kde.konsole.Session.setTitle 1 server2
qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/3 org.kde.konsole.Session.setTitle 1 server3


qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/1 sendText "`echo ssh -i ~/sshkeys/id_dsa_server1 root@some_server1$'\r'`"
qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/2 sendText "`echo ssh -i ~/sshkeys/id_dsa_server2 root@server2$'\r'`"
qdbus org.kde.konsole /Sessions/3 sendText "`echo ssh -i ~/sshkeys/id_dsa_server3 root@server3$'\r'`"

qdbus org.kde.konsole session-3 sendText "`echo cd /home/user/scripts$'\r'`"

[Guest]

Re: Konsole, change tabname on commandline

The only problem I haven't solved is if I rename a tab, the tabs lose their name the instance I type something into a shell

did you ever find a way to make the new tab text stay persistent?