Contents:
Links #
Cheatsheet #
Start a new session:
screen
Start a new named session:
screen -S <name>
List sessions:
screen -ls
Re-attach session:
screen -r <name>
Main commands:
- Shortcuts menu:
Ctrl-a ? - Command mode:
Ctrl-a : - Detach session:
Ctrl-a d
Window management:
- Create a new window:
Ctrl-a c - Kill current window:
Ctrl-a k - Next window:
Ctrl-a n - Previous window:
Ctrl-a p - Jump to window:
Ctrl-a 0-9 - Split vertical:
Ctrl-a | - Split horizontal:
Ctrl-a S - Focus next region:
Ctrl-a ^ - Quit split screen mode:
Ctrl-a Q
Custom ~/.screenrc #
shell -$SHELL
# Buffer size
defscrollback 50000
# Allow bold colors - necessary for some reason
attrcolor b ".I"
# Tell screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground
termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'
# Erase background with current bg color
defbce "on"
# Enable 256 color term
term xterm-256color
# Very nice tabbed colored hardstatus line
hardstatus string '%{= Kd} %{= Kd}%-w%{= Kr}[%{= KW}%n %t%{= Kr}]%{= Kd}%+w %-= %{KG} %H%{KW}|%{KY}%101`%{KW}|%D %M %d %Y%{= Kc} %C%A%{-}'
#
## Control-^ (usually Control-Shift-6) is traditional and the only key not used by emacs
escape ^^^^
#
## do not trash BackSpace, usually DEL
bindkey -k kb
bindkey -d -k kb
#
## do not trash Delete, usually ESC [ 3 ~
bindkey -k kD
bindkey -d -k kD
# Hide hardstatus: ctrl-a f
bind f eval "hardstatus ignore"
# Show hardstatus: ctrl-a F
bind F eval "hardstatus alwayslastline"
