Ok I have been tinkering around a little bit and I actually want to take this a step further. I want to write a screen "macro" that does the following things in sequence (I've put the required key for each step at the end of the numbered command;
1) Enter copy mode: ^a[ 2) Go to the top of the buffer: g 3) Go forward to the first word: w 4) Begin block selection SPACE 5) Go to the end of the buffer G 6) End block selection SPACE I found an example online I am not 100% sure how to deal with the spaces so I decided to deal steps 1-3 first. I found this link online that suggests I should be able to send multiple characters to screen's input queue by leveraging the register and process commands such as; register j ^a[gw bindkey j process j The page that I found this information at is: http://superuser.com/questions/94612/macros-in-gnu-screen I also referenced the GNU documentation and what I have looks like it should do the trick. The only thing that I see that might need to be tweaked is the -e option, although GNU's documentation doesn't specify what my options are in this regard. I guess my problem is that it's not working. When I try to use the bindkey and register at the top what I receive is "No other window" on screens status bar at the bottom of the screen. Has anybody successfully bound a key to process a register that interacts with screen's buffering capabilities? Could you maybe share the syntax of your key binding and register with me? http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/screen.html#Registers Thanks, Dan On Nov 28, 2010, at 4:30 AM, Kit Gerrits wrote: > > Next Word, genius! > > -----Original Message----- > From: screen-users-bounces+kitgerrits=gmail....@gnu.org > [mailto:screen-users-bounces+kitgerrits=gmail....@gnu.org] On Behalf Of > screen-users-requ...@gnu.org > Sent: donderdag 25 november 2010 18:00 > To: screen-users@gnu.org > Subject: screen-users Digest, Vol 1122, Issue 1 > > Send screen-users mailing list submissions to > screen-users@gnu.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > screen-users-requ...@gnu.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > screen-users-ow...@gnu.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than > "Re: Contents of screen-users digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Question Regarding Navigating the Buffer (Michael Kelleher) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:34:30 -0500 > From: Michael Kelleher <mkel...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Question Regarding Navigating the Buffer > To: Pandurangan R S <pandurangan....@gmail.com> > Cc: screen-users@gnu.org > Message-ID: > <aanlktiktnotjts0di1tfb2e6cazejzewkz4xptk3v...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Enter scrollback mode then hit "g w" > On Nov 23, 2010 11:41 AM, "Pandurangan R S" <pandurangan....@gmail.com> > wrote: > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/attachments/20101123/f56029d0 > /attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > screen-users mailing list > screen-users@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users > > End of screen-users Digest, Vol 1122, Issue 1 > ********************************************* > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.872 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3277 - Release Date: 11/25/10 > 08:34:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > screen-users mailing list > screen-users@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
