Mike, et al -- ...and then Mike Grello said... % ... % In /etc/bash.bashrc roundabout line 130 the prompt is set. Aha; thanks. % You can manually set it in ~/.bashrc or comment out the line % PS1="${_t}${_u}:\w${_p} " % as it is commented out in the other two cases, or any combination thereof. Well, I see that, and I will definitely try changing that and starting new xterms as well as restarting KDE, *BUT* that doesn't answer the question of why it updates my titlebars, or at least not that I've found. Interestingly enough, I do not see any value for $_t or ${_t} in my shell, but $PS1 includes lovely escape sequences :-( ARRRGH! % % mg % % -- % Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter. % -Martin Luther King- Thanks again & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) davidtg@justpickone.org * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) davidtgwork@justpickone.org -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!