Sanitize title and icon names

kitty/screen.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from PyQt5.QtCore import QObject, pyqtSignal
 
 from pyte import charsets as cs, control as ctrl, graphics as g, modes as mo
 from .data_types import Line, Cursor, rewrap_lines
-from .utils import wcwidth, is_simple_string
+from .utils import wcwidth, is_simple_string, sanitize_title
 from .unicode import ignore_pat
 
 
@@ -405,14 +405,14 @@ class Screen(QObject):
 
         .. note:: This is an XTerm extension supported by the Linux terminal.
         """
-        self.title_changed.emit(self._decode(param))
+        self.title_changed.emit(sanitize_title(self._decode(param)))
 
     def set_icon_name(self, param):
         """Sets icon name.
 
         .. note:: This is an XTerm extension supported by the Linux terminal.
         """
-        self.icon_changed.emit(self._decode(param))
+        self.icon_changed.emit(sanitize_title(self._decode(param)))
 
     def carriage_return(self):
         """Move the cursor to the beginning of the current line."""

kitty/utils.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # License: GPL v3 Copyright: 2016, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
 
 import os
+import re
 import sys
 import termios
 import struct
@@ -112,3 +113,7 @@ def timeit(name, do_timing=False):
     yield
     if do_timing:
         print('Time for {}: {}'.format(name, monotonic() - st))
+
+
+def sanitize_title(x):
+    return re.sub(r'\s+', ' ', re.sub(r'[\0-\x19]', '', x))