#usage: title short_tab_title looooooooooooooooooooooggggggg_windows_title
 #http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Xterm-Title.html#ss3.1
 #Fully support screen, iterm, and probably most modern xterm and rxvt
 #Limited support for Apple Terminal (Terminal can't set window or tab separately)
 function title {

   [ "$DISABLE_AUTO_TITLE" != "true" ] || return

   if [[ "$TERM" == screen* ]]; then 

     print -Pn "\ek$1:q\e\\" #set screen hardstatus, usually truncated at 20 chars

   elif [[ "$TERM" == xterm* ]] || [[ $TERM == rxvt* ]] || [[ "$TERM_PROGRAM" == "iTerm.app" ]]; then

     print -Pn "\e]2;$2:q\a" #set window name
     print -Pn "\e]1;$1:q\a" #set icon (=tab) name (will override window name on broken terminal)

   fi
 }
 
 ZSH_THEME_TERM_TAB_TITLE_IDLE="%15<..<%~%<<" #15 char left truncated PWD
 ZSH_THEME_TERM_TITLE_IDLE="%n@%m: %~"
 
 #Appears when you have the prompt
 function precmd {

   title $ZSH_THEME_TERM_TAB_TITLE_IDLE $ZSH_THEME_TERM_TITLE_IDLE

 }
 
 #Appears at the beginning of (and during) of command execution
 function preexec {

   emulate -L zsh
   setopt extended_glob
   local CMD=${1[(wr)^(*=*|sudo|ssh|-*)]} #cmd name only, or if this is sudo or ssh, the next cmd
   title "$CMD" "%100>...>$2%<<"

 }