screen-3.9.9-3 (and others) It would be nice if screen's default hardstatus were more informative. Perhaps you could add the following two lines to /etc/screenrc: defhstatus "^Et" hardstatus string "[screen %n] %h" For comparison, the current default is to have defhstatus unset and the hardstatus line set to "%h".
Tweaked.
I would to propose using "%w" instead of "%h" (or at least "%t" in view of bug 60596 ;-), since having a list of screen windows in the title line is most useful IMHO.
How about a comprimise? Change the default defhstatus and hardstatus string settings in /etc/screenrc to: defhstatus "" hardstatus string "[screen %n: %t] %h" Which for a bash session would result in a title like: [screen 0: bash] user@host:~/foo
That would be ok, but I think it would be more information having the window list in the title.
Ok,.. ahev you two sorted out what you want in this yet? If not it's going out as is Phil =--=
I would prefer defhstatus "" hardstatus string "[screen %n%?: %t%?] %h" (the %?%? suppresses the colon-space when the title is null) I would rather not keep the screenlist up all the time b/c for many people this will read "0* bash 1 bash 2 bash 3 bash", which is just not all that helpful. People that know enough to manually set the title (^AA) to something interesting should also know enough to manually get a window list (^Aw). Those that really care can edit their .screenrc. No default can be perfect for every situation, but I really think this one is the better choice for now.
ok.. screen-3.9.11-9 is born,.. should be in rawhide in the morning or you can nab it from beehive/comps/dist/8.0/screen in a few minutes Phil =--=
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