Set Shell Title in WSL/Ubuntu without destroying PS1

[Dakkaron]

Currently the documentation recommends setting the shell title this way:

PS1=$
PROMPT_COMMAND=
echo -ne "\033]0;New Title\a"

This sucks, because it sets PS1 to $. It would be much better to do this:

export PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
echo -ne '\033]0;New Title\a'

This way, the command prompt stays the way it is, but setting the title still works.

Even better, add this to the end of ~/.bashrc:

settitle () {
  export PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
  echo -ne '\033]0;'"$1"'\a'
}

What this does is it adds the command settitle that can be used at any time to change the window title like so:

settitle 'New Title'

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• ID: 349883e2-58e8-1c35-1414-0440ffda64a3
• Version Independent ID: 46a673fd-9560-6c8d-5b0b-e1723c184b73
• Content: Windows Terminal Tab Title Setup
• Content Source: TerminalDocs/tutorials/tab-title.md
• Service: terminal
• GitHub Login: @cinnamon-msft
• Microsoft Alias: cinnamon