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Tip for switching screens

Perhaps this is old news for many, but I find this tip useful in saving key strokes. I either write a shell script or alias with the label of a number of a screen. Then entering that as a cli command to switch to that screen. Here the example command for the number 1 screen Screen -X select

Solved, creating macros using screen

Some may recall my previous trys, and failures, to create macros using screen commands. I was using exec tied to a bindkey in screenrc to run a shell script which contained a series of the stuff commmands to send instructions to the current application. It didn't work. By experiment I found

Re: Using the stuff command in screen

Thanks to those who provided suggestions on this topic. To recap, using a keybinding for the exec command to run a shell script didn't work with the stuff command. I wanted stuff to send keystrokes to a program to act as a macro, it was in the shell script. Doing some tinkering, if I ran the

Using the stuff command in screen

I recently recieved help here with the eval command to attach a stack of commands to a key binding. In one version i use the exec command on a key binding to call a shell script containing the screen commands, it works perfectly. This made it easy to experiment by just changing the script file.

Re: Help using eval in screenrc

On Sun, 29 Mar 2020, Dave Woodfall wrote: > On 2020-03-28 16:20, > dan d. put forth the proposition: > > > > I want to do a keybinding with eval to stack these commands which work now > > when entered manually: > > > > 1. enter the command c-a, defined f

Help using eval in screenrc

I recently asked how one can stack commands with one keybinding in screenrc One poster pointed me to eval, which is surely the solution. Much googling for examples confirmed it can work. But alas I have had no joy trying to modify the examples for my purpose with multiple trial and errow att

Re: Stacking screen commands addendum

On Fri, 27 Mar 2020, Neal Fultz wrote: > Try the eval command Thanks; just the thing I was looking for. This provided many examples via google I can use. > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020, 9:17 AM dan d. wrote: > > > > > I should have mention that I looked athe man p

Stacking screen commands addendum

I should have mention that I looked athe man page and a google without finding an answer. Thanks. -- XB

Stacking screen commands

Is it possible to define a keybind command so a series of screen commands are sent without having to manually enter them individually? For example, the c-a plus other screen key commands would work with one keybind defined command. Thanks. -- XB

A screen setup problem

I have use screen in a mac terminal for a long time and all has worked as desired. Recently when setup the "chdir" in screenrc doesn't change to the indicated directory before creating the named screen in screenrc. The screens were created but all are in my home directory. I can cd to the p

Is this list still active

I recently subscribed. I was informed I was already on the mailing list from some time ago. I have not seen any traffic for a long time. What's up? Is there another gnu screen mailing list? Thanks. -- XB

Using alpine with screen

I keep alpine open in a multiple window screen setup. Alpine flashes a text message when a new email arrives. This appears in all windows of the setup. Because I use a screen reader; this text flash interferes with reading text in other windows because it overrides what is being spoken. Is

Re: Help with keybinding and exec command

ore details? > > > >bind h exec /usr/bin/htop > > > >works for me to start htop and returns when I quit. > > > >On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 7:42 PM, dan d. wrote: > > > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> Years ago I had a screenrc with a key bi

Help with keybinding and exec command

Hello, Years ago I had a screenrc with a key binding that allowed using the exec command. It would drop me to a sub-shell and return when finished. Despite all attempts to duplicate it from google examples and poor recall, I have had only failures. Can someone help me please with a sample ke

List activity

I haven't been seeing much list traffic. Is it still active and do I have the right list address to send messages? Thanks. -- XB XB XB ___ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users

How to have each window in a different directory

Hello, I create multiple windows in screenrc. What I want to do is when going to a window it opens in a directory of my selection without first doing a "cd" to that directory. For example I have a window named "mail" in screenrc, when I choose that window by its number "2", the working dire

Switching windows with added command

Hello, When switching between windows holding the metakey plus other possible keys is it possible to send an bash alias as an auto part of the switch. For example if switching into a window holding a running program, can a command be sent to that running program as the swittch is underway?

Re: Send break to screen

And if you name the session it is easy to do withoutknowing the pid which varies each time it is started. On Mon, 26 Sep 2016, Jim Mahood wrote: If you know the pid, simply killing it with whatever signal you want would be most efficient. On Sep 26, 2016 6:08 PM, "Jostein Berntsen" wrote: