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source: http://www.pixelbeat.org/lkdb/screen.html

screen rc file:

See also the tmux alternative See also the byobu screen config manager. See also the reptyr as another way to reattach programs to a terminal.

Note for nested screen sessions, use “Ctrl+a a” to send commands to the inner screen, and the standard “Ctrl+a” to send commands to the outer screen.

Key	Action	Notes
Ctrl+a c	new window
Ctrl+a n	next window	I bind F12 to this
Ctrl+a p	previous window	I bind F11 to this
Ctrl+a “	select window from list	I have window list in the status line
Ctrl+a Ctrl+a	previous window viewed

Ctrl+a S	split terminal horizontally into regions	Ctrl+a c to create new window there
Ctrl+a \		split terminal vertically into regions Requires screen >= 4.1
Ctrl+a :resize	resize region
Ctrl+a :fit	fit screen size to new terminal size	Ctrl+a F is the same. Do after resizing xterm
Ctrl+a :remove	remove region Ctrl+a X is the same
Ctrl+a tab	Move to next region

Ctrl+a d	detach screen from terminal	Start screen with -r option to reattach
Ctrl+a A	set window title
Ctrl+a x	lock session	Enter user password to unlock
Ctrl+a [	enter scrollback/copy mode	Enter to start and end copy region. Ctrl+a ] to leave this mode
Ctrl+a ]	paste buffer	Supports pasting between windows
Ctrl+a >	write paste buffer to file	useful for copying between screens
Ctrl+a <	read paste buffer from file	useful for pasting between screens

Ctrl+a ?	show key bindings/command names	Note unbound commands only in man page
Ctrl+a :	goto screen command prompt	up shows last command entered

# Bind F11 and F12 (NOT F1 and F2) to previous and next screen window
bindkey -k F1 prev
bindkey -k F2 next

# Also for ctrl-alt right and left arrows
# Note disable in window manager to allow through
bindkey ^[[1;7D prev
bindkey ^[[1;7C next

startup_message off

# Window list at the bottom.
hardstatus alwayslastline
hardstatus string "%-w%{= BW}%50>%n %t%{-}%+w%<"

# From Stephen Shirley
# Don't block command output if the terminal stops responding
# (like if the ssh connection times out for example).
nonblock on

# Allow editors etc. to restore display on exit
# rather than leaving existing text in place
altscreen on

# Enable 256-color mode when screen is started with TERM=xterm-256color
# Taken from: http://frexx.de/xterm-256-notes/
#
# Note that TERM != "xterm-256color" within a screen window. Rather it is
# "screen" or "screen-bce"
# 
# terminfo and termcap for nice 256 color terminal
# allow bold colors - necessary for some reason
attrcolor b ".I"
# tell screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground
#termcapinfo xterm-256color 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'