Nice. Works like a charm. You rock. Thanks. Dan
On Nov 28, 2010, at 2:14 PM, Michael Kelleher wrote: > Hi Dan, > > Solution: > > bind j eval "copy" "stuff gw^MG^M" > > Use C-a j to activate. > > Explination: > > What you are trying to accomplish I went through as well a couple years ago. > You are taking a good approach but not the best. Screen provides a command > (copy) that will allow you to enter the scrollback mode without stuffing a > character sequence into the buffer. We can't avoid this in the next part > thought; however, instead of using 'process' which is for more heavy duty > manipulations you should be using 'stuff'. Finally instead of using space to > mark the begin/end of the sequence we are going to use enter because that > character is easier to capture. > > Happy Thankings giving to the community as well. > > > > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Daniel Patrick Sullivan > <dansu...@uchicago.edu<mailto:dansu...@uchicago.edu>> wrote: > 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.com<http://gmail.com>@gnu.org<http://gnu.org> >> [mailto:screen-users-bounces+kitgerrits<mailto:screen-users-bounces%2Bkitgerrits>=gmail.com<http://gmail.com>@gnu.org<http://gnu.org>] >> On Behalf Of >> screen-users-requ...@gnu.org<mailto:screen-users-requ...@gnu.org> >> Sent: donderdag 25 november 2010 18:00 >> To: screen-users@gnu.org<mailto:screen-users@gnu.org> >> Subject: screen-users Digest, Vol 1122, Issue 1 >> >> Send screen-users mailing list submissions to >> screen-users@gnu.org<mailto: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<mailto:screen-users-requ...@gnu.org> >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> screen-users-ow...@gnu.org<mailto: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. 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