[gentoo-user] [Off Topic] screen configuration...

[gentoo-user] [Off Topic] screen configuration...

[Steve [Gentoo]]

I'm frustrated...

I want to use screen, but my emacs-afflicted fingers automatically type
"control-a" to go to the beginning of the line in my shell - which is
somewhat unfortunate for screen.

I assume from the manual that I can re-bind keys to avoid this
problem... my first guess was to bung "bind '^a'" into my .screenrc -
but that doesn't do the trick.  Does anyone here have the correct
incantation?

Steve

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Re: [gentoo-user] [Off Topic] screen configuration...

[Frank Gruellich]

* Steve [Gentoo] <gentoo_steve@shic.co.uk> 23. Feb 07:
> I want to use screen, but my emacs-afflicted fingers automatically type
> "control-a" to go to the beginning of the line in my shell - which is
> somewhat unfortunate for screen.

With default settings you can send the escape key to an application
(like a shell) by pressing "C-a a".

> I assume from the manual that I can re-bind keys to avoid this
> problem... my first guess was to bung "bind '^a'" into my .screenrc -
> but that doesn't do the trick.  Does anyone here have the correct
> incantation?

escape ^Uu

in your .screenrc should bind "C-u" to as escape key and "C-u u" to send
escape key to shell (deleting line in this case).  You can change this
after startup by pressing "C-a :".  I documented my own .screenrc here:
http://www.der-frank.org/dotfiles/_screen/_screenrc
 
HTH,
 kind regards, Frank.
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Re: [gentoo-user] [Off Topic] screen configuration...

[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.]

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On Friday 23 February 2007 17:40, Steve [Gentoo] wrote:
> I want to use screen, but my emacs-afflicted fingers automatically type
> "control-a" to go to the beginning of the line in my shell - which is
> somewhat unfortunate for screen.

Amen.  Luckily I'm not an emacs user, so I quickly broke myself of that 
bash 
habit.  (I happily hit home or esc,^ now.)

> I assume from the manual that I can re-bind keys to avoid this
> problem... my first guess was to bung "bind '^a'" into my .screenrc -
> but that doesn't do the trick.  Does anyone here have the correct
> incantation?

Pull up the screen.info file, and goto the 'Command Character' node.

I'm thinking you probably want to mess with the escape or defescape 
commands, 
probably throwing them into your screenrc or somesuch.

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Re: [gentoo-user] [Off Topic] screen configuration...

[Roger Mason]

"Steve [Gentoo]" <gentoo_steve@shic.co.uk> writes:

> I want to use screen, but my emacs-afflicted fingers automatically type
> "control-a" to go to the beginning of the line in my shell - which is
> somewhat unfortunate for screen.
>

I too am an emacs user.  I have 

escape \x1c\

as the first line of my .screenrc.

Cheers,
Roger

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