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   This file documents the `Screen' virtual terminal manager.

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File: screen.info,  Node: Naming Windows,  Next: Console,  Up: Window Settings

Naming Windows (Titles)
=======================

   You can customize each window's name in the window display (viewed
with the `windows' command (*note Windows::.) by setting it with one of
the title commands.  Normally the name displayed is the actual command
name of the program created in the window.  However, it is sometimes
useful to distinguish various programs of the same name or to change
the name on-the-fly to reflect the current state of the window.

   The default name for all shell windows can be set with the
`shelltitle' command (*note Shell::.).  You can specify the name you
want for a window with the `-t' option to the `screen' command when the
window is created (*note Screen Command::.).  To change the name after
the window has been created you can use the title-string escape-sequence
(`ESC k NAME ESC \') and the `title' command (C-a A).  The former can
be output from an application to control the window's name under
software control, and the latter will prompt for a name when typed.
You can also bind predefined names to keys with the `title' command to
set things quickly without prompting.

* Menu:

* Title Command::                 The `title' command.
* Dynamic Titles::                Make shell windows change titles dynamically.
* Title Prompts::                 Set up your shell prompt for dynamic Titles.
* Title Screenrc::                Set up Titles in your `.screenrc'.


File: screen.info,  Node: Title Command,  Next: Dynamic Titles,  Up: Naming Windows

Title Command
-------------

 - Command: title [WINDOWTITLE]
     (`C-a A')
     Set the name of the current window to WINDOWALIAS. If no name is
     specified, screen prompts for one.


File: screen.info,  Node: Dynamic Titles,  Next: Title Prompts,  Prev: Title Command,  Up: Naming Windows

Dynamic Titles
--------------

   `screen' has a shell-specific heuristic that is enabled by setting
the window's name to SEARCH|NAME and arranging to have a null title
escape-sequence output as a part of your prompt.  The SEARCH portion
specifies an end-of-prompt search string, while the NAME portion
specifies the default shell name for the window.  If the NAME ends in a
`:' `screen' will add what it believes to be the current command
running in the window to the end of the specified name (e.g. NAME:CMD).
Otherwise the current command name supersedes the shell name while it
is running.

   Here's how it works: you must modify your shell prompt to output a
null title-escape-sequence (ESC k ESC \) as a part of your prompt.  The
last part of your prompt must be the same as the string you specified
for the SEARCH portion of the title.  Once this is set up, `screen'
will use the title-escape-sequence to clear the previous command name
and get ready for the next command.  Then, when a newline is received
from the shell, a search is made for the end of the prompt.  If found,
it will grab the first word after the matched string and use it as the
command name.  If the command name begins with `!', `%', or `^',
`screen' will use the first word on the following line (if found) in
preference to the just-found name.  This helps csh users get more
accurate titles when using job control or history recall commands.


File: screen.info,  Node: Title Prompts,  Next: Title Screenrc,  Prev: Dynamic Titles,  Up: Naming Windows

Setting up your prompt for shell titles
---------------------------------------

   One thing to keep in mind when adding a null title-escape-sequence
to your prompt is that some shells (like the csh) count all the
non-control characters as part of the prompt's length.  If these
invisible characters aren't a multiple of 8 then backspacing over a tab
will result in an incorrect display.  One way to get around this is to
use a prompt like this:

     set prompt='k\% '

   The escape-sequence `' not only normalizes the character
attributes, but all the zeros round the length of the invisible
characters up to 8.

   Tcsh handles escape codes in the prompt more intelligently, so you
can specify your prompt like this:

     set prompt="%{\ek\e\\%}\% "

   Bash users will probably want to echo the escape sequence in the
PROMPT_COMMAND:

     PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -n -e "\033k\033\134"'

   (I used `\134' to output a `\' because of a bug in v1.04).


File: screen.info,  Node: Title Screenrc,  Prev: Title Prompts,  Up: Naming Windows

Setting up shell titles in your `.screenrc'
-------------------------------------------

   Here are some .screenrc examples:

     screen -t top 2 nice top

   Adding this line to your .screenrc would start a niced version of the
`top' command in window 2 named `top' rather than `nice'.

     shelltitle '> |csh'
     screen 1

   This file would start a shell using the given shelltitle.  The title
specified is an auto-title that would expect the prompt and the typed
command to look something like the following:

     /usr/joe/src/dir> trn

   (it looks after the '> ' for the command name).  The window status
would show the name `trn' while the command was running, and revert to
`csh' upon completion.

     bind R screen -t '% |root:' su

   Having this command in your .screenrc would bind the key sequence
`C-a R' to the `su' command and give it an auto-title name of `root:'.
For this auto-title to work, the screen could look something like this:

     % !em
     emacs file.c

   Here the user typed the csh history command `!em' which ran the
previously entered `emacs' command.  The window status would show
`root:emacs' during the execution of the command, and revert to simply
`root:' at its completion.

     bind o title
     bind E title ""
     bind u title (unknown)

   The first binding doesn't have any arguments, so it would prompt you
for a title when you type `C-a o'.  The second binding would clear an
auto-titles current setting (C-a E).  The third binding would set the
current window's title to `(unknown)' (C-a u).


File: screen.info,  Node: Console,  Next: Kill,  Prev: Naming Windows,  Up: Window Settings

Console
=======

 - Command: console [STATE]
     (none)
     Grabs or ungrabs the machines console output to a window. When the
     argument is omitted the current state is displayed.  *Note*: Only
     the owner of `/dev/console' can grab the console output. This
     command is only available if the host supports the ioctl
     `TIOCCONS'.


File: screen.info,  Node: Kill,  Next: Login,  Prev: Console,  Up: Window Settings

Kill
====

 - Command: kill
     (`C-a k', `C-a C-k')
     Kill the current window.
     If there is an `exec' command running (*note Exec::.) then it is
     killed.  Otherwise the process (e.g. shell) running in the window
     receives a `HANGUP' condition, the window structure is removed and
     screen switches to the previously displayed window. When the last
     window is destroyed, `screen' exits.
     *Caution*: `emacs' users may find themselves killing their `emacs'
     session when trying to delete the current line.  For this reason,
     it is probably wise to use a different command character (*note
     Command Character::.) or rebind `kill' to another key sequence,
     such as `C-a K' (*note Key Binding::.).


File: screen.info,  Node: Login,  Next: Mode,  Prev: Kill,  Up: Window Settings

Login
=====

 - Command: deflogin STATE
     (none)
     Same as the `login' command except that the default setting for new
     windows is changed.  This defaults to `on' unless otherwise
     specified at compile time (*note Installation::.). Both commands
     are only present when `screen' has been compiled with utmp support.

 - Command: login [STATE]
     (`C-a L')
     Adds or removes the entry in `/etc/utmp' for the current window.
     This controls whether or not the window is "logged in".  In
     addition to this toggle, it is convenient to have "log in" and
     "log out" keys.  For instance, `bind I login on' and `bind O login
     off' will map these keys to be `C-a I' and `C-a O' (*note Key
     Binding::.).


File: screen.info,  Node: Mode,  Next: Monitor,  Prev: Login,  Up: Window Settings

Mode
====

 - Command: defmode MODE
     (none)
     The mode of each newly allocated pseudo-tty is set to MODE.  MODE
     is an octal number as used by chmod(1).  Defaults to 0622 for
     windows which are logged in, 0600 for others (e.g. when `-ln' was
     specified for creation. *Note Screen Command::).


File: screen.info,  Node: Monitor,  Next: Windows,  Prev: Mode,  Up: Window Settings

Monitoring
==========

 - Command: activity MESSAGE
     (none)
     When any activity occurs in a background window that is being
     monitored, `screen' displays a notification in the message line.
     The notification message can be redefined by means of the
     `activity' command.  Each occurrence of `%' in MESSAGE is replaced
     by the number of the window in which activity has occurred, and
     each occurrence of `~' is replaced by the definition for bell in
     your termcap (usually an audible bell).  The default message is

          'Activity in window %'

     Note that monitoring is off for all windows by default, but can be
     altered by use of the `monitor' command (`C-a M').

 - Command: defmonitor STATE
     (none)
     Same as the `monitor' command except that the default setting for
     new windows is changed.  Initial setting is `off'.

 - Command: monitor [STATE]
     (`C-a M')
     Toggles monitoring of the current window.  When monitoring is
     turned on and the affected window is switched into the background,
     the activity notification message will be displayed in the status
     line at the first sign of output, and the window will also be
     marked with an `@' in the window-status display (*note
     Windows::.).  Monitoring defaults to `off' for all windows.


File: screen.info,  Node: Windows,  Next: Hardstatus,  Prev: Monitor,  Up: Window Settings

Windows
=======

 - Command: windows
     (`C-a w', `C-a C-w')
     Uses the message line to display a list of all the windows.  Each
     window is listed by number with the name of the program running in
     the window (or its title); the current window is marked with a `*';
     the previous window is marked with a `-'; all the windows that are
     logged in are marked with a `$' (*note Login::.); a background
     window that has received a bell is marked with a `!'; a background
     window that is being monitored and has had activity occur is
     marked with an `@' (*note Monitor::.); a window which has output
     logging turned on is marked with `(L)'; windows occupied by other
     users are marked with `&'; windows in the zombie state are marked
     with `Z'.  If this list is too long to fit on the terminal's
     status line only the portion around the current window is
     displayed.


File: screen.info,  Node: Hardstatus,  Prev: Windows,  Up: Window Settings

Hardstatus
==========

   `Screen' maintains a hardstatus line for every window. If a window
gets selected, the display's hardstatus will be updated to match the
window's hardstatus line. If the display has no hardstatus the line
will be displayed as a standard screen message.  The hardstatus line
can be changed with the ANSI Application Program Command (APC):
`ESC_<string>ESC\'. As a convenience for xterm users the sequence
`ESC]0..2;<string>^G' is also accepted.

 - Command: defhstatus
     (none)
     The hardstatus line that all new windows will get is set to STATUS.
     This command is useful to make the hardstatus of every window
     display the window number or title or the like.  STATUS may
     contain the same directives as in the window messages, but the
     directive escape character is `^E' (octal 005) instead of `%'.
     This was done to make a misinterpretion of program generated
     hardstatus lines impossible.  If the parameter STATUS is omitted,
     the current default string is displayed.  Per default the
     hardstatus line of new windows is empty.


File: screen.info,  Node: Virtual Terminal,  Next: Copy and Paste,  Prev: Window Settings,  Up: Top

Virtual Terminal
****************

   Each window in a `screen' session emulates a VT100 terminal, with
some extra functions added. The VT100 emulator is hardcoded, no other
terminal types can be emulated.  The commands described here modify the
terminal emulation.

* Menu:

* Control Sequences::           Details of the internal VT100 emulation.
* Input Translation::           How keystrokes are remapped.
* Digraph::			Entering digraph sequences.
* Bell::                        Getting your attention.
* Clear::                       Clear the window display.
* Info::                        Terminal emulation statistics.
* Redisplay::                   When the display gets confusing.
* Wrap::                        Automatic margins.
* Reset::                       Recovering from ill-behaved applications.
* Window Size::                 Changing the size of your terminal.
* Character Processing::	Change the effect of special characters.


File: screen.info,  Node: Control Sequences,  Next: Input Translation,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Control Sequences
=================

   The following is a list of control sequences recognized by `screen'.
`(V)' and `(A)' indicate VT100-specific and ANSI- or ISO-specific
functions, respectively.

     ESC E                           Next Line
     ESC D                           Index
     ESC M                           Reverse Index
     ESC H                           Horizontal Tab Set
     ESC Z                           Send VT100 Identification String
     ESC 7                   (V)     Save Cursor and Attributes
     ESC 8                   (V)     Restore Cursor and Attributes
     ESC [s                  (A)     Save Cursor and Attributes
     ESC [u                  (A)     Restore Cursor and Attributes
     ESC c                           Reset to Initial State
     ESC g                           Visual Bell
     ESC Pn p                        Cursor Visibility (97801)
         Pn = 6                      Invisible
              7                      Visible
     ESC =                   (V)     Application Keypad Mode
     ESC >                   (V)     Numeric Keypad Mode
     ESC # 8                 (V)     Fill Screen with E's
     ESC \                   (A)     String Terminator
     ESC ^                   (A)     Privacy Message String (Message Line)
     ESC !                           Global Message String (Message Line)
     ESC k                           Title Definition String
     ESC P                   (A)     Device Control String
                                     Outputs a string directly to the host
                                     terminal without interpretation.
     ESC _                   (A)     Application Program Command (Hardstatus)
     ESC ]                   (A)     Operating System Command (Hardstatus, xterm
                                     title hack)
     Control-N               (A)     Lock Shift G1 (SO)
     Control-O               (A)     Lock Shift G0 (SI)
     ESC n                   (A)     Lock Shift G2
     ESC o                   (A)     Lock Shift G3
     ESC N                   (A)     Single Shift G2
     ESC O                   (A)     Single Shift G3
     ESC ( Pcs               (A)     Designate character set as G0
     ESC ) Pcs               (A)     Designate character set as G1
     ESC * Pcs               (A)     Designate character set as G2
     ESC + Pcs               (A)     Designate character set as G3
     ESC [ Pn ; Pn H                 Direct Cursor Addressing
     ESC [ Pn ; Pn f                 Direct Cursor Addressing
     ESC [ Pn J                      Erase in Display
           Pn = None or 0            From Cursor to End of Screen
                1                    From Beginning of Screen to Cursor
                2                    Entire Screen
     ESC [ Pn K                      Erase in Line
           Pn = None or 0            From Cursor to End of Line
                1                    From Beginning of Line to Cursor
                2                    Entire Line
     ESC [ Pn A                      Cursor Up
     ESC [ Pn B                      Cursor Down
     ESC [ Pn C                      Cursor Right
     ESC [ Pn D                      Cursor Left
     ESC [ Ps ;...; Ps m             Select Graphic Rendition
           Ps = None or 0            Default Rendition
                1                    Bold
                2            (A)     Faint
                3            (A)     Standout Mode (ANSI: Italicized)
                4                    Underlined
                5                    Blinking
                7                    Negative Image
                22           (A)     Normal Intensity
                23           (A)     Standout Mode off (ANSI: Italicized off)
                24           (A)     Not Underlined
                25           (A)     Not Blinking
                27           (A)     Positive Image
                30           (A)     Foreground Black
                31           (A)     Foreground Red
                32           (A)     Foreground Green
                33           (A)     Foreground Yellow
                34           (A)     Foreground Blue
                35           (A)     Foreground Magenta
                36           (A)     Foreground Cyan
                37           (A)     Foreground White
                39           (A)     Foreground Default
                40           (A)     Background Black
     	   ...                  ...
     	   49           (A)     Background Default
     ESC [ Pn g                      Tab Clear
           Pn = None or 0            Clear Tab at Current Position
                3                    Clear All Tabs
     ESC [ Pn ; Pn r         (V)     Set Scrolling Region
     ESC [ Pn I              (A)     Horizontal Tab
     ESC [ Pn Z              (A)     Backward Tab
     ESC [ Pn L              (A)     Insert Line
     ESC [ Pn M              (A)     Delete Line
     ESC [ Pn @              (A)     Insert Character
     ESC [ Pn P              (A)     Delete Character
     ESC [ Pn S                      Scroll Scrolling Region Up
     ESC [ Pn T                      Scroll Scrolling Region Down
     ESC [ Ps ;...; Ps h             Set Mode
     ESC [ Ps ;...; Ps l             Reset Mode
           Ps = 4            (A)     Insert Mode
                20           (A)     `Automatic Linefeed' Mode.
                34                   Normal Cursor Visibility
                ?1           (V)     Application Cursor Keys
                ?3           (V)     Change Terminal Width to 132 columns
                ?5           (V)     Reverse Video
                ?6           (V)     `Origin' Mode
                ?7           (V)     `Wrap' Mode
                ?25          (V)     Visible Cursor
     ESC [ 5 i               (A)     Start relay to printer (ANSI Media Copy)
     ESC [ 4 i               (A)     Stop relay to printer (ANSI Media Copy)
     ESC [ 8 ; Ph ; Pw t             Resize the window to `Ph' lines and
                                     `Pw' columns (SunView special)
     ESC [ c                         Send VT100 Identification String
     ESC [ x                 (V)     Send Terminal Parameter Report
     ESC [ > c                       Send Secondary Device Attributes String
     ESC [ 6 n                       Send Cursor Position Report


File: screen.info,  Node: Input Translation,  Next: Digraph,  Prev: Control Sequences,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Input Translation
=================

   In order to do a full VT100 emulation `screen' has to detect that a
sequence of characters in the input stream was generated by a keypress
on the user's keyboard and insert the VT100 style escape sequence.
`Screen' has a very flexible way of doing this by making it possible to
map arbitrary commands on arbitrary sequences of characters. For
standard VT100 emulation the command will always insert a string in the
input buffer of the window (see also command `stuff', *note Paste::.).
Because the sequences generated by a keypress can change after a
reattach from a different terminal type, it is possible to bind
commands to the termcap name of the keys.  `Screen' will insert the
correct binding after each reattach. *Note Bindkey:: for further
details on the syntax and examples.

   Here is the table of the default key bindings. (A) means that the
command is executed if the keyboard is switched into application mode.

     Key name        Termcap name    Command
     -----------------------------------------------------
     Cursor up            ku         stuff \033[A
                                     stuff \033OA      (A)
     Cursor down          kd         stuff \033[B
                                     stuff \033OB      (A)
     Cursor right         kr         stuff \033[C
                                     stuff \033OC      (A)
     Cursor left          kl         stuff \033[D
                                     stuff \033OD      (A)
     Function key 0       k0         stuff \033[10~
     Function key 1       k1         stuff \033OP
     Function key 2       k2         stuff \033OQ
     Function key 3       k3         stuff \033OR
     Function key 4       k4         stuff \033OS
     Function key 5       k5         stuff \033[15~
     Function key 6       k6         stuff \033[17~
     Function key 7       k7         stuff \033[18~
     Function key 8       k8         stuff \033[19~
     Function key 9       k9         stuff \033[20~
     Function key 10      k;         stuff \033[21~
     Function key 11      F1         stuff \033[22~
     Function key 12      F2         stuff \033[23~
     Backspace            kb         stuff \010
     Home                 kh         stuff \033[1~
     End                  kH         stuff \033[4~
     Insert               kI         stuff \033[2~
     Delete               kD         stuff \033[3~
     Page up              kP         stuff \033[5~
     Page down            kN         stuff \033[6~
     Keypad 0             f0         stuff 0
                                     stuff \033Op      (A)
     Keypad 1             f1         stuff 1
                                     stuff \033Oq      (A)
     Keypad 2             f2         stuff 2
                                     stuff \033Or      (A)
     Keypad 3             f3         stuff 3
                                     stuff \033Os      (A)
     Keypad 4             f4         stuff 4
                                     stuff \033Ot      (A)
     Keypad 5             f5         stuff 5
                                     stuff \033Ou      (A)
     Keypad 6             f6         stuff 6
                                     stuff \033Ov      (A)
     Keypad 7             f7         stuff 7
                                     stuff \033Ow      (A)
     Keypad 8             f8         stuff 8
                                     stuff \033Ox      (A)
     Keypad 9             f9         stuff 9
                                     stuff \033Oy      (A)
     Keypad +             f+         stuff +
                                     stuff \033Ok      (A)
     Keypad -             f-         stuff -
                                     stuff \033Om      (A)
     Keypad *             f*         stuff *
                                     stuff \033Oj      (A)
     Keypad /             f/         stuff /
                                     stuff \033Oo      (A)
     Keypad =             fq         stuff =
                                     stuff \033OX      (A)
     Keypad .             f.         stuff .
                                     stuff \033On      (A)
     Keypad ,             f,         stuff ,
                                     stuff \033Ol      (A)
     Keypad enter         fe         stuff \015
                                     stuff \033OM      (A)


File: screen.info,  Node: Digraph,  Next: Bell,  Prev: Input Translation,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Digraph
=======

 - Command: digraph [PRESET]
     (none)
     This command prompts the user for a digraph sequence. The next two
     characters typed are looked up in a builtin table and the
     resulting character is inserted in the input stream. For example,
     if the user enters `a"', an a-umlaut will be inserted. If the
     first character entered is a 0 (zero), `screen' will treat the
     following charcters (up to three) as an octal number instead.  The
     optional argument PRESET is treated as user input, thus one can
     create an "umlaut" key.  For example the command `bindkey ^K
     digraph '"'' enables the user to generate an a-umlaut by typing
     `CTRL-K a'.


File: screen.info,  Node: Bell,  Next: Clear,  Prev: Digraph,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Bell
====

 - Command: bell_msg [MESSAGE]
     (none)
     When a bell character is sent to a background window, `screen'
     displays a notification in the message line.  The notification
     message can be re-defined by means of the `bell' command.  Each
     occurrence of `%' in MESSAGE is replaced by the number of the
     window to which a bell has been sent, and each occurrence of `~'
     is replaced by the definition for bell in your termcap (usually an
     audible bell).  The default message is

          'Bell in window %'

     An empty message can be supplied to the `bell_msg' command to
     suppress output of a message line (`bell_msg ""').

 - Command: vbell [STATE]
     (`C-a C-g')
     Sets or toggles the visual bell setting for the current window. If
     `vbell' is switched to `on', but your terminal does not support a
     visual bell, the visual bell message is displayed in the status
     line when the bell character is received.  Visual bell support of
     a terminal is defined by the termcap variable `vb'. *Note Visual
     Bell: (termcap)Bell, for more information on visual bells.  The
     equivalent terminfo capability is `flash'.

     Per  default, `vbell' is `off', thus the audible bell is used.

 - Command: vbell_msg [MESSAGE]
     (none)
     Sets the visual bell message. MESSAGE is printed to the status
     line if the window receives a bell character (^G), `vbell' is set
     to `on' and the terminal does not support a visual bell.  The
     default message is `Wuff, Wuff!!'.  Without parameter, the current
     message is shown.

 - Command: vbellwait SEC
     (none)
     Define a delay in seconds after each display of `screen' 's visual
     bell message. The default is 1 second.


File: screen.info,  Node: Clear,  Next: Info,  Prev: Bell,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Clear
=====

 - Command: clear
     (`C-a C')
     Clears the screen and saves its contents to the scrollback buffer.


File: screen.info,  Node: Info,  Next: Redisplay,  Prev: Clear,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Info
====

 - Command: info
     (`C-a i', `C-a C-i')
     Uses the message line to display some information about the current
     window: the cursor position in the form `(COLUMN,ROW)' starting
     with `(1,1)', the terminal width and height plus the size of the
     scrollback buffer in lines, like in `(80,24)+50', various flag
     settings (flow-control, insert mode, origin mode, wrap mode,
     application-keypad mode, output logging, activity monitoring, and
     redraw (`+' indicates enabled, `-' not)), the currently active
     character set (`G0', `G1', `G2', or `G3'), and in square brackets
     the terminal character sets that are currently designated as `G0'
     through `G3'.  For system information use `time'.


File: screen.info,  Node: Redisplay,  Next: Wrap,  Prev: Info,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Redisplay
=========

 - Command: allpartial STATE
     (none)
     If set to on, only the current cursor line is refreshed on window
     change.  This affects all windows and is useful for slow terminal
     lines. The previous setting of full/partial refresh for each
     window is restored with `allpartial off'. This is a global flag
     that immediately takes effect on all windows overriding the
     `partial' settings. It does not change the default redraw
     behaviour of newly created windows.

 - Command: partial STATE
     (none)
     Defines whether the display should be refreshed (as with
     `redisplay') after switching to the current window. This command
     only affects the current window.  To immediately affect all
     windows use the `allpartial' command.  Default is `off', of
     course.  This default is fixed, as there is currently no
     `defpartial' command.

 - Command: redisplay
     (`C-a l', `C-a C-l')
     Redisplay the current window.  Needed to get a full redisplay in
     partial redraw mode.


File: screen.info,  Node: Wrap,  Next: Reset,  Prev: Redisplay,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Wrap
====

 - Command: wrap STATE
     (`C-a r', `C-a C-r')
     Sets the line-wrap setting for the current window.  When line-wrap
     is on, the second consecutive printable character output at the
     last column of a line will wrap to the start of the following
     line.  As an added feature, backspace (^H) will also wrap through
     the left margin to the previous line.  Default is `on'.

 - Command: defwrap STATE
     (none)
     Same as the `wrap' command except that the default setting for new
     windows is changed. Initially line-wrap is on and can be toggled
     with the `wrap' command (`C-a r') or by means of "C-a : wrap
     on|off".


File: screen.info,  Node: Reset,  Next: Window Size,  Prev: Wrap,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Reset
=====

 - Command: reset
     (`C-a Z')
     Reset the virtual terminal to its "power-on" values. Useful when
     strange settings (like scroll regions or graphics character set)
     are left over from an application.


File: screen.info,  Node: Window Size,  Next: Character Processing,  Prev: Reset,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Window Size
===========

 - Command: width [NUM]
     (`C-a W')
     Toggle the window width between 80 and 132 columns, or set it to
     NUM columns if an argument is specified.  This requires a capable
     terminal and the termcap entries `Z0' and `Z1'.  See the `termcap'
     command (*note Termcap::.), for more information.

 - Command: height [LINES]
     (none)
     Set the display height to a specified number of lines. When no
     argument is given it toggles between 24 and 42 lines display.


File: screen.info,  Node: Character Processing,  Prev: Window Size,  Up: Virtual Terminal

Character Processing
====================

 - Command: c1 [STATE]
     (none)
     Change c1 code processing. `c1 on' tells screen to treat the input
     characters between 128 and 159 as control functions.  Such an
     8-bit code is normally the same as ESC followed by the
     corresponding 7-bit code. The default setting is to process c1
     codes and can be changed with the `defc1' command.  Users with
     fonts that have usable characters in the c1 positions may want to
     turn this off.


 - Command: gr [STATE]
     (none)
     Turn GR charset switching on/off. Whenever screens sees an input
     char with an 8th bit set, it will use the charset stored in the GR
     slot and print the character with the 8th bit stripped. The
     default (see also `defgr') is not to process GR switching because
     otherwise the ISO88591 charset would not work.

 - Command: kanji WTYPE [DTYPE]
     (none)
     Tell screen how to process kanji input/output. WTYPE and DTYPE
     must be one of the strings `jis', `euc' or `sjis'. The first
     argument sets the kanji type of the current window. Each window
     can emulate a different type. The optional second parameter tells
     screen how to write the kanji codes to the connected terminal. The
     preferred method of setting the display type is to use the `KJ'
     termcap entry. *Note Special Capabilities::.  See also `defkanji',
     which changes the default setting of a new window.

 - Command: charset SET
     (none)
     Change the current character set slot designation and charset
     mapping.  The first four character of SET are treated as charset
     designators while the fifth and sixth character must be in range
     `0' to `3' and set the GL/GR charset mapping. On every position a
     `.' may be used to indicate that the corresponding charset/mapping
     should not be changed (SET is padded to six characters internally
     by appending `.' chars). New windows have `BBBB02' as default
     charset, unless a `kanji' command is active.

     The current setting can be viewed with the *Note Info:: command.

 - Command: defc1 STATE
     (none)
     Same as the `c1' command except that the default setting for new
     windows is changed. Initial setting is `on'.

 - Command: defgr STATE
     (none)
     Same as the `gr' command except that the default setting for new
     windows is changed. Initial setting is `off'.

 - Command: defkanji WTYPE
     (none)
     Same as the `kanji' command except that the default setting for
     new windows is changed. Initial setting is `off', i.e. `jis'.

 - Command: defcharset [SET]
     Like the `charset' command except that the default setting for new
     windows is changed. Shows current default if called without
     argument.


File: screen.info,  Node: Copy and Paste,  Next: Subprocess Execution,  Prev: Virtual Terminal,  Up: Top

Copy and Paste
**************

   For those confined to a hardware terminal, these commands provide a
cut and paste facility more powerful than those provided by most
windowing systems.

* Menu:

* Copy::                        Copy from scrollback to buffer
* Paste::                       Paste from buffer into window
* Registers::                   Longer-term storage
* Screen-Exchange::             Sharing data between screen users
* History::                     Recalling previous input


File: screen.info,  Node: Copy,  Next: Paste,  Up: Copy and Paste

Copying
=======

 - Command: copy
     (`C-a [', `C-a C-[', `C-a ESC')
     Enter copy/scrollback mode. This allows you to copy text from the
     current window and its history into the paste buffer. In this mode
     a `vi'-like full screen editor is active, with controls as
     outlined below.

* Menu:

* Line Termination::            End copied lines with CR/LF
* Scrollback::                  Set the size of the scrollback buffer
* Copy Mode Keys::              Remap keys in copy mode
* Movement::                    Move around in the scrollback buffer
* Marking::                     Select the text you want
* Repeat count::                Repeat a command
* Searching::                   Find the text you want
* Specials::                    Other random keys


File: screen.info,  Node: Line Termination,  Next: Scrollback,  Up: Copy

CR/LF
-----

 - Command: crlf [STATE]
     (none)
     This affects the copying of text regions with the `C-a [' command.
     If it is set to `on', lines will be separated by the two character
     sequence `CR'/`LF'.  Otherwise only `LF' is used.  `crlf' is off
     by default.  When no parameter is given, the state is toggled.


File: screen.info,  Node: Scrollback,  Next: Copy Mode Keys,  Prev: Line Termination,  Up: Copy

Scrollback
----------

 - Command: defscrollback NUM
     (none)
     Same as the `scrollback' command except that the default setting
     for new windows is changed.  Defaults to 100.

 - Command: scrollback NUM
     (none)
     Set the size of the scrollback buffer for new windows to NUM
     lines.  The default scrollback is 100 lines.  Use `C-a i' to view
     the current setting.


File: screen.info,  Node: Copy Mode Keys,  Next: Movement,  Prev: Scrollback,  Up: Copy

markkeys
--------

 - Command: markkeys STRING
     (none)
     This is a method of changing the keymap used for copy/history
     mode.  The string is made up of OLDCHAR=NEWCHAR pairs which are
     separated by `:'. Example: The command `markkeys h=^B:l=^F:$=^E'
     would set some keys to be more familiar to `emacs' users.  If your
     terminal sends characters, that cause you to abort copy mode, then
     this command may help by binding these characters to do nothing.
     The no-op character is `' and is used like this: `markkeys @=L=H'
     if you do not want to use the `H' or `L' commands any longer.  As
     shown in this example, multiple keys can be assigned to one
     function in a single statement.


File: screen.info,  Node: Movement,  Next: Marking,  Prev: Copy Mode Keys,  Up: Copy

Movement Keys
-------------

`h', `j', `k', `l' move the cursor line by line or column by column.

`0', `^' and `$' move to the leftmost column or to the first or last
non-whitespace character on the line.

`H', `M' and `L' move the cursor to the leftmost column of the top,
center or bottom line of the window.

`+' and `-' move the cursor to the leftmost column of the next or
previous line.

`G' moves to the specified absolute line (default: end of buffer).

`|' moves to the specified absolute column.

`w', `b', `e' move the cursor word by word.

`C-u' and `C-d' scroll the display up/down by the specified amount of
lines while preserving the cursor position. (Default: half screenfull).

`C-b' and `C-f' move the cursor up/down a full screen.

`g' moves to the beginning of the buffer.

`%' jumps to the specified percentage of the buffer.

   Note that Emacs-style movement keys can be specified by a .screenrc
command. (`markkeys "h=^B:l=^F:$=^E"') There is no simple method for a
full emacs-style keymap, however, as this involves multi-character
codes.


File: screen.info,  Node: Marking,  Next: Repeat count,  Prev: Movement,  Up: Copy

Marking
-------

   The copy range is specified by setting two marks. The text between
these marks will be highlighted. Press `space' to set the first or
second mark respectively.

`Y' and `y' can be used to mark one whole line or to mark from start of
line.

`W' marks exactly one word.


File: screen.info,  Node: Repeat count,  Next: Searching,  Prev: Marking,  Up: Copy

Repeat Count
------------

   Any command in copy mode can be prefixed with a number (by pressing
digits `0...9') which is taken as a repeat count. Example: `C-a C-[ H
10 j 5 Y' will copy lines 11 to 15 into the paste buffer.


File: screen.info,  Node: Searching,  Next: Specials,  Prev: Repeat count,  Up: Copy

Searching
---------

`/' `vi'-like search forward.

`?' `vi'-like search backward.

`C-a s' `emacs' style incremental search forward.

`C-r' `emacs' style reverse i-search.


File: screen.info,  Node: Specials,  Prev: Searching,  Up: Copy

Specials
--------

   There are, however, some keys that act differently here from in
`vi'.  `Vi' does not allow to yank rectangular blocks of text, but
`screen' does. Press

`c' or `C' to set the left or right margin respectively. If no repeat
count is given, both default to the current cursor position.
Example: Try this on a rather full text screen: `C-a [ M 20 l SPACE c
10 l 5 j C SPACE'.

This moves one to the middle line of the screen, moves in 20 columns
left, marks the beginning of the paste buffer, sets the left column,
moves 5 columns down, sets the right column, and then marks the end of
the paste buffer. Now try:
`C-a [ M 20 l SPACE 10 l 5 j SPACE'

and notice the difference in the amount of text copied.

`J' joins lines. It toggles between 3 modes: lines separated by a
newline character (012), lines glued seamless, or lines separated by a
single space. Note that you can prepend the newline character with a
carriage return character, by issuing a `set crlf on'.

`v' is for all the `vi' users who use `:set numbers' - it toggles the
left margin between column 9 and 1.

`a' before the final space key turns on append mode. Thus the contents
of the paste buffer will not be overwritten, but appended to.

`A' turns on append mode and sets a (second) mark.

`>' sets the (second) mark and writes the contents of the paste buffer
to the screen-exchange file (`/tmp/screen-exchange' per default) once
copy-mode is finished.  *Note Screen-Exchange::.
This example demonstrates how to dump the whole scrollback buffer to
that file:
`C-a [ g SPACE G $ >'.

`C-g' gives information about the current line and column.

`x' exchanges the first mark and the current cursor position. You can
use this to adjust an already placed mark.

`@' does nothing.  Absolutely nothing.  Does not even exit copy mode.

All keys not described here exit copy mode.


File: screen.info,  Node: Paste,  Next: Registers,  Prev: Copy,  Up: Copy and Paste

Paste
=====

 - Command: paste [REGISTERS [DESTINATION]]
     (`C-a ]', `C-a C-]')
     Write the (concatenated) contents of the specified registers to
     the stdin stream of the current window.  The register `.' is
     treated as the paste buffer. If no parameter is specified the user
     is prompted to enter a single register. The paste buffer can be
     filled with the `copy', `history' and `readbuf' commands.  Other
     registers can be filled with the `register', `readreg' and `paste'
     commands.  If `paste' is called with a second argument, the
     contents of the specified registers is pasted into the named
     destination register rather than the window. If `.' is used as the
     second argument, the display's paste buffer is the destination.
     Note, that `paste' uses a wide variety of resources: Usually both,
     a current window and a current display are required. But whenever
     a second argument is specified no current window is needed. When
     the source specification only contains registers (not the paste
     buffer) then there need not be a current display (terminal
     attached), as the registers are a global resource. The paste
     buffer exists once for every user.

 - Command: pastefont [STATE]
     Tell screen to include font information in the paste buffer. The
     default is not to do so. This command is especially usefull for
     multi character fonts like kanji.

 - Command: slowpaste MSEC
     (none)
     Define the speed text is inserted by the `paste' command.  If the
     slowpaste value is nonzero text is written character by character.
     `screen' will pause for MSEC milliseconds after each write to
     allow the application to process the input. only use `slowpaste' if
     your underlying system exposes flow control problems while pasting
     large amounts of text.

 - Command: readreg [REGISTER [FILENAME]]
     (none)
     Does one of two things, dependent on number of arguments: with
     zero or one arguments it it duplicates the paste buffer contents
     into the register specified or entered at the prompt. With two
     arguments it reads the contents of the named file into the
     register, just as `readbuf' reads the screen-exchange file into
     the paste buffer.  The following example will paste the system's
     password file into the screen window (using register p, where a
     copy remains):

          C-a : readreg p /etc/passwd
          C-a : paste p


File: screen.info,  Node: Registers,  Next: Screen-Exchange,  Prev: Paste,  Up: Copy and Paste

Registers
=========

 - Command: copy_reg [KEY]
     (none)
     Removed. Use `readreg' instead.

 - Command: ins_reg [KEY]
     (none)
     Removed. Use `paste' instead.

 - Command: process [KEY]
     (none)
     Stuff the contents of the specified register into the `screen'
     input queue. If no argument is given you are prompted for a
     register name. The text is parsed as if it had been typed in from
     the user's keyboard. This command can be used to bind multiple
     actions to a single key.

 - Command: register KEY STRING
     (none)
     Save the specified STRING to the register KEY.

 - Command: stuff STRING
     (none)
     Stuff the string STRING in the input buffer of the current window.
     This is like the `paste' command, but with much less overhead.
     You cannot paste large buffers with the `stuff' command. It is most
     useful for key bindings. *Note Bindkey::



File: screen.info,  Node: Screen-Exchange,  Next: History,  Prev: Registers,  Up: Copy and Paste

Screen-Exchange
===============

 - Command: bufferfile [EXCHANGE-FILE]
     (none)
     Change the filename used for reading and writing with the paste
     buffer.  If the EXCHANGE-FILE parameter is omitted, `screen'
     reverts to the default of `/tmp/screen-exchange'.  The following
     example will paste the system's password file into the screen
     window (using the paste buffer, where a copy remains):

          C-a : bufferfile /etc/passwd
          C-a < C-a ]
          C-a : bufferfile

 - Command: readbuf
     (`C-a <')
     Reads the contents of the current screen-exchange file into the
     paste buffer.

 - Command: removebuf
     (`C-a =')
     Unlinks the screen-exchange file.

 - Command: writebuf
     (`C-a >')
     Writes the contents of the paste buffer to a public accessible
     screen-exchange file. This is thought of as a primitive means of
     communication between `screen' users on the same host. See also
     `C-a ESC' (*note Copy::.).


File: screen.info,  Node: History,  Prev: Screen-Exchange,  Up: Copy and Paste

History
=======

 - Command: history
     (`C-a {')
     Usually users work with a shell that allows easy access to previous
     commands.  For example, `csh' has the command `!!' to repeat the
     last command executed.  `screen' provides a primitive way of
     recalling "the command that started ...": You just type the first
     letter of that command, then hit `C-a {' and `screen' tries to
     find a previous line that matches with the prompt character to the
     left of the cursor. This line is pasted into this window's input
     queue.  Thus you have a crude command history (made up by the
     visible window and its scrollback buffer).


File: screen.info,  Node: Subprocess Execution,  Next: Key Binding,  Prev: Copy and Paste,  Up: Top

Subprocess Execution
********************

   Control Input or Output of a window by another filter process.  Use
with care!

* Menu:

* Exec::                        The `exec' command syntax.
* Using Exec::                  Weird things that filters can do.


File: screen.info,  Node: Exec,  Next: Using Exec,  Up: Subprocess Execution

Exec
====

 - Command: exec [[FDPAT] NEWCOMMAND [ARGS ... ]]
     (none)
     Run a unix subprocess (specified by an executable path NEWCOMMAND
     and its optional arguments) in the current window. The flow of
     data between newcommand's stdin/stdout/stderr, the process already
     running (shell) and screen itself (window) is controlled by the
     filedescriptor pattern FDPAT.  This pattern is basically a three
     character sequence representing stdin, stdout and stderr of
     newcommand. A dot (`.') connects the file descriptor to screen. An
     exclamation mark (`!') causes the file descriptor to be connected
     to the already running process. A colon (`:') combines both.
     User input will go to newcommand unless newcommand requests the
     old process' output (FDPATs first character is `!' or `:') or a
     pipe symbol (`|') is added to the end of FDPAT.
     Invoking `exec' without arguments shows name and arguments of the
     currently running subprocess in this window.
     When a subprocess is running the `kill' command will affect it
     instead of the window's process.
     Refer to the postscript file `doc/fdpat.ps' for a confusing
     illustration of all 21 possible combinations. Each drawing shows
     the digits 2, 1, 0 representing the three file descriptors of
     newcommand. The box marked `W' is usual pty that has the
     application-process on its slave side.  The box marked `P' is the
     secondary pty that now has screen at its master side.


File: screen.info,  Node: Using Exec,  Prev: Exec,  Up: Subprocess Execution

Using Exec
==========

Abbreviations:

   * Whitespace between the word `exec' and FDPAT and the command name
     can be omitted.

   * Trailing dots and a FDPAT consisting only of dots can be omitted.

   * A simple `|' is synonymous for the `!..|' pattern.

   * The word `exec' can be omitted when the `|' abbreviation is used.

   * The word `exec' can always be replaced by leading `!'.

Examples:

`!/bin/sh'
`exec /bin/sh'
`exec ... /bin/sh'
     Creates another shell in the same window, while the original shell
     is still running. Output of both shells is displayed and user
     input is sent to the new `/bin/sh'.

`!!stty 19200'
`exec!stty 19200'
`exec !.. stty 19200'
     Set the speed of the window's tty. If your stty command operates
     on stdout, then add another `!'. This is a useful command, when a
     screen window is directly connected to a serial line that needs to
     be configured.

`|less'
`exec !..| less'
     This adds a pager to the window output. The special character `|'
     is needed to give the user control over the pager although it gets
     its input from the window's process. This works, because `less'
     listens on stderr (a behavior that `screen' would not expect
     without the `|') when its stdin is not a tty. `Less' versions
     newer than 177 fail miserably here; good old `pg' still works.

`!:sed -n s/.*Error.*/\007/p'
     Sends window output to both, the user and the sed command. The sed
     inserts an additional bell character (oct. 007) to the window
     output seen by screen.  This will cause 'Bell in window x'
     messages, whenever the string `Error' appears in the window.