screenrc

# $HOME/.screenrc
# Screen init & config file.
# James Boyden, 2011-08-22

# Automatically detach upon hangup.
autodetach on

# None of the following seem to work for this: ^_, ^S, ^@, ^0
# Then I went with ^], but I was concerned that might mess with
# pasting after copy mode.
#escape ^]]
# Then I tried ^^, but it was necessary to press Ctrl+Shift-1,
# which was too awkward for regular usage.
#escape ^^\^
# By choosing ^Z, I lose the ability to suspend Screen.
# (Though I can still suspend anything running *in* Screen, of course,
# by the usual ^Zz combo.)
# Hopefully I'm not doing something stupid by disabling the ability to
# suspend Screen...
escape ^Zz

# Recommended by http://magazine.redhat.com/2007/09/27/a-guide-to-gnu-screen/
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{=kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B}%Y-%m-%d %{W}%c %{g}]"

# I've modified the RedHat example slightly to include a short reminder of
# what the escape key is.  (I also removed the date, since I can check that
# easily-enough by running 'date'.)
hardstatus alwayslastline "%{= kG}[ %{W}%H %{g}][%= %{=kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B}%C %A %{g}][ %{w}esc = C-z %{g}]"

# Don't waste my time with the startup message anymore...
startup_message off

# From Matt Cutts, http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/screen-power-tips-screenrc/
# From http://www4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~jnweiger/screen-faq.html
# Q: My xterm scrollbar does not work with screen.
# A: The problem is that xterm will not allow scrolling if the alternate
# text buffer is selected. The standard definitions of the termcap
# initialize capabilities ti and te switch to and from the alternate
# text buffer. (The scrollbar also does not work when you start e.g. ‘vi’).
# You can tell screen not to use these initialisations by adding the line
# “termcapinfo xterm ti@:te@” to your ~/.screenrc file.
#termcapinfo xterm ti@:te@
# Unfortunately, the scrollbar still doesn't work properly after this is
# enabled.  (I'm using Gnome Terminal.)  The terminal realises there is
# more text, so scales the size of the scrollbar accordingly; but the
# scrollbar position is not updated to jump to the end.
# Also PageUp/PageDown don't work properly -- they scroll the terminal
# screens, not the text in Screen -- so the first time you press PageUp,
# you jump up to the text before the Screen session.