Add a man page section on window names and pane titles, from Felix

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@ -2054,7 +2054,14 @@ command to destroy it.
.It Xo Ic set-titles
.Op Ic on | off
.Xc
Attempt to set the window title using the \ee]2;...\e007 xterm code if
Attempt to set the client terminal title using the
.Em tsl
and
.Em fsl
.Xr terminfo 5
entries if they exist.
.Nm
automatically sets these to the \ee]2;...\e007 sequence if
the terminal appears to be an xterm.
This option is off by default.
Note that elinks
@ -2120,7 +2127,7 @@ may contain any of the following special character sequences:
.It Li "#I" Ta "Current window index"
.It Li "#P" Ta "Current pane index"
.It Li "#S" Ta "Session name"
.It Li "#T" Ta "Current window title"
.It Li "#T" Ta "Current pane title"
.It Li "#W" Ta "Current window name"
.It Li "##" Ta "A literal" Ql #
.El
@ -2139,13 +2146,9 @@ global environment set (see the
.Sx ENVIRONMENT
section).
.Pp
The window title (#T) is the title set by the program running within the window
using the OSC title setting sequence, for example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ printf '\e033]2;My Title\e033\e\e'
.Ed
.Pp
When a window is first created, its title is the hostname.
For details on how the names and titles can be set see the
.Sx "NAMES AND TITLES"
section.
.Pp
#[attributes] allows a comma-separated list of attributes to be specified,
these may be
@ -2369,7 +2372,8 @@ is specified at creation with
or
.Ic new-session ,
or later with
.Ic rename-window .
.Ic rename-window ,
or with a terminal escape sequence.
It may be switched off globally with:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
set-window-option -g automatic-rename off
@ -2664,6 +2668,62 @@ The following variables are available, where appropriate:
.It Li "window_name" Ta "Name of window"
.It Li "window_width" Ta "Width of window"
.El
.Sh NAMES AND TITLES
.Nm
distinguishes between names and titles.
Windows and sessions have names, which may be used to specify them in targets
and are displayed in the status line and various lists: the name is the
.Nm
identifier for a window or session.
Only panes have titles.
A pane's title is typically set by the program running inside the pane and
is not modified by
.Nm .
It is the same mechanism used to set for example the
.Xr xterm 1
window title in an
.Xr X 7
window manager.
Windows themselves do not have titles - a window's title is the title of it's
active pane.
.Nm
itself may set the title of the terminal in which the client is running, see
the
.Ic set-titles
option.
.Pp
A session's name is set with the
.Ic new-session
and
.Ic rename-session
commands.
A window's name is set with one of:
.Bl -enum -width Ds
.It
A command argument (such as
.Fl n
for
.Ic new-window
or
.Ic new-session ) .
.It
An escape sequence:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ printf '\e033kWINDOW_NAME\e033\e\e'
.Ed
.It
Automatic renaming, which sets the name to the active command in the window's
active pane.
See the
.Ic automatic-rename
option.
.El
.Pp
When a pane is first created, its title is the hostname.
A pane's title can be set via the OSC title setting sequence, for example:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
$ printf '\e033]2;My Title\e033\e\e'
.Ed
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
When the server is started,
.Nm
@ -2727,8 +2787,8 @@ terminal.
By default, the status line is enabled (it may be disabled with the
.Ic status
session option) and contains, from left-to-right: the name of the current
session in square brackets; the window list; the current window title in double
quotes; and the time and date.
session in square brackets; the window list; the title of the active pane
in double quotes; and the time and date.
.Pp
The status line is made of three parts: configurable left and right sections
(which may contain dynamic content such as the time or output from a shell