Not So Stupid

Here’s a little hack for those of you that run Rails’ script/server on its own window or tab.

By inserting a couple of lines into the server script, you can have it change the title of the window or tab it’s running on, making it a lot easier to look for it when you have lots of windows open.

All you need is to change “script/server” so it looks like this:

#!/usr/bin/ruby
print “33]2;Rails Server07“ # xterm window title
print “33]1;Rails Server07“ # screen/iterm tab title

require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ‘/../config/boot‘
require ‘commands/server‘

print “33]1; 07“ # screen/iterm tab title
print “33]2; 07“ # xterm window title

The second set of prints will clear the title after the server terminates. You might want to adjust it to suit your needs.

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