.screenrc

# Heavily based on
# https://github.com/elifarley/shellbase/blob/master/.screenrc

# Disable startup message
startup_message off

term screen-256color

# Erase background with current bg color
defbce "on"

# Allow bold colors - necessary for some reason
attrcolor b ".I"

# Tell screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground
termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'

# Enables use of shift-PgUp and shift-PgDn
termcapinfo xterm*|xterms*|xs*|rxvt* ti@:te@

# Cache 30000 lines for scroll back
defscrollback 30000

# Hide editor remains when you quit it
altscreen on

# Hide hardstatus: ctrl-a f
bind f eval "hardstatus ignore"
# Show hardstatus: ctrl-a F
bind F eval "hardstatus alwayslastline"

# change the hardstatus settings to give an window list at the bottom of the
# screen, with the time and date and with the current window highlighted
# TODO: this might be used http://aperiodic.net/screen/window_flags
hardstatus alwayslastline
hardstatus string '%{= kw}%{y}[%H]%{-} %{+b}%?%{b}%-w%{-}%?%{r}%n:%t%{-}%?%{b}%+w%{-}%?%= %{= y}%c %d-%M-%y'
#
# http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/manual/html_node/String-Escapes.html
# %{= kw}  : set colors to white (w) on black (k) resetting current text styles (=)
# %{y}     : set foreground color to yellow
# [%H]     : [hostname]
# %{-}     : unset foreground yellow
# %{+b}    : add bold to current text styles
# %?       : if escapes inside expand to non-empty string show everything until the next %?
# %{b}     : set foreground color to blue
# %-w      : list all windows before the current
# %{-}     : unset foreground blue
# %?       : end of an optional sequence
# %{r}     : set foreground color to red
# %n       : window number
# %t       : window title
# %{-}     : unset foreground red
# %?       : if escapes inside expand to non-empty string show everything until the next %?
# %{b}     : set foreground color to blue
# %+w      : list all windows after the current
# %{-}     : unset foreground blue
# %?       : end of an optional sequence
# %=       : pad to right
# %{= y}   : set foreground color to yellow resetting current text styles (=)
# %c       : current time in 24h format
# %d-%M-%y : day of month, month name, two last digits of year