Re: need "windowlist" info externally, not interactively

2015-10-29 Thread Anonymous
> Which screen commandline parameters do you use for that? I'd expect > something like "screen -X screen 63 somecommand". (Would run > "somecommand" in a window with number 63 unless that number is > already in use.) Since writing the original post, I've improved the script. Now it does someth

Re: need "windowlist" info externally, not interactively

2015-10-23 Thread Anonymous
> Which screen commandline parameters do you use for that? I'd expect > something like "screen -X screen 63 somecommand". (Would run > "somecommand" in a window with number 63 unless that number is > already in use.) Since writing the original post, I've improved the script. Now it does somethi

need "windowlist" info externally, not interactively

2015-10-19 Thread Anonymous
A shell script needs to be able to add a window, and know in advance what window number is still available. It will then do some stuffing. ATM it's quite messy and complex. The script attempts to randomly create a title then use that as a handle, but then it must eventually rename the window t

different colors for different windows

2013-11-23 Thread Anonymous
All my screen windows have the same color text. If I change the color of the terminal, it changes for all screen windows. I would like to color-code the some windows to really stand out. This is important, because sometimes a window is used for a root user on a mission critical system. How ca