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How to display the name of file which I am currently editing with vim on terminal title?

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I am editing multiple files located in the same folder, in multiple tabs, on a single terminal.

pwd(directory in which I am currently working) is displayed on the top of the heading of the terminal, but not the name of the file I am editing. It gets confusing when working with multiple files in the same directory.

How to display the name of the current file on the top of the terminal in addition to the pwd.

I am running vim in a bash shell in gnome-terminal, on 12.04 LTS.

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answered 2 Years ago fectlyole · Accepted Answer

You must to have/create a file named .vimrc in your home directory with the following code inside:

let &titlestring = $USER . "@" . hostname() . " " . expand("%:p")

if &term == "screen"

  set t_ts=^[k

  set t_fs=^[

endif

if &term == "screen" || &term == "xterm"

  set title

endif

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Source: gnome-terminal does not allow changing the title