diff -up mc-4.6.2/edit/editwidget.c.userhost mc-4.6.2/edit/editwidget.c
--- mc-4.6.2/edit/editwidget.c.userhost	2009-05-26 14:45:19.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.6.2/edit/editwidget.c	2009-05-26 14:49:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 #include "../src/widget.h"	/* buttonbar_redraw() */
 #include "../src/menu.h"	/* menubar_new() */
 #include "../src/key.h"		/* is_idle() */
+#include "../src/main.h"	/* xterm_title_str */
+#include "../src/win.h"		/* xterm_flag */
+#include "../src/layout.h"	/* xterm_title */
 
 WEdit *wedit;
 struct WMenu *edit_menubar;
@@ -174,6 +177,11 @@ edit_file (const char *_file, int line)
     Dlg_head *edit_dlg;
     WButtonBar *edit_bar;
 
+    if (xterm_flag && xterm_title && xterm_title_str) {
+	fprintf (stdout, "\33]0;mc - %s/%s\7", xterm_title_str, _file);
+	fflush(stdout); 
+    } 
+
     if (!made_directory) {
 	char *dir = mhl_str_dir_plus_file (home_dir, EDIT_DIR);
 	made_directory = (mkdir (dir, 0700) != -1 || errno == EEXIST);
@@ -208,6 +216,8 @@ edit_file (const char *_file, int line)
     edit_done_menu (edit_menubar);		/* editmenu.c */
 
     destroy_dlg (edit_dlg);
+    
+    update_xterm_title_path();
 
     return 1;
 }
diff -up mc-4.6.2/src/main.c.userhost mc-4.6.2/src/main.c
--- mc-4.6.2/src/main.c.userhost	2009-05-26 14:45:19.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.6.2/src/main.c	2009-05-26 14:48:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ int midnight_shutdown = 0;
 /* The user's shell */
 const char *shell = NULL;
 
+/* The xterm title */
+char *xterm_title_str = NULL;
+
 /* Is the LANG UTF-8 ? */
 gboolean is_utf8 = FALSE;
 
@@ -1624,9 +1627,23 @@ void
 update_xterm_title_path (void)
 {
     char *p, *s;
+    char h[64];
+    struct passwd *pw;
 
     if (xterm_flag && xterm_title) {
+	if ( xterm_title_str ) g_free (xterm_title_str);
 	p = s = g_strdup (strip_home_and_password (current_panel->cwd));
+	if ( !gethostname (h, 64) ) {
+	    h[63] = '\0'; /* Be sure the hostname is NUL terminated */
+	    s = g_strdup_printf ("%s:%s", h, s);
+	    g_free (p);
+	    p = s;
+	}
+	if ( (pw = getpwuid(getuid())) ) {
+	    s = g_strdup_printf ("%s@%s", pw->pw_name, s);
+	    g_free (p);
+	    p = s;
+	}
 	do {
 #ifndef UTF8
 	    if (!is_printable ((unsigned char) *s))
@@ -1639,7 +1656,7 @@ update_xterm_title_path (void)
 	    numeric_keypad_mode ();
 	fprintf (stdout, "\33]0;mc - %s\7", p);
 	fflush (stdout);
-	g_free (p);
+	xterm_title_str = p;
     }
 }
 
diff -up mc-4.6.2/src/main.h.userhost mc-4.6.2/src/main.h
--- mc-4.6.2/src/main.h.userhost	2009-05-26 14:45:19.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.6.2/src/main.h	2009-05-26 14:46:33.000000000 +0200
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ extern int alternate_plus_minus;
 extern int only_leading_plus_minus;
 extern int output_starts_shell;
 extern int midnight_shutdown;
+extern char *xterm_title_str;
 extern gboolean is_utf8;
 extern char cmd_buf [512];
 extern const char *shell;
diff -up mc-4.6.2/src/view.c.userhost mc-4.6.2/src/view.c
--- mc-4.6.2/src/view.c.userhost	2009-05-26 14:45:19.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.6.2/src/view.c	2009-05-26 14:45:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -3368,6 +3368,11 @@ mc_internal_viewer (const char *command,
     WButtonBar *bar;
     Dlg_head *view_dlg;
 
+    if (xterm_flag && xterm_title && xterm_title_str) {
+	fprintf (stdout, "\33]0;mc - %s/%s\7", xterm_title_str, file);
+	fflush(stdout);
+    }
+
     /* Create dialog and widgets, put them on the dialog */
     view_dlg =
 	create_dlg (0, 0, LINES, COLS, NULL, view_dialog_callback,
@@ -3391,6 +3396,8 @@ mc_internal_viewer (const char *command,
     }
     destroy_dlg (view_dlg);
 
+    update_xterm_title_path();
+
     return succeeded;
 }