awesome .screenrc

.screenrc

# the following two lines give a two-line status, with the current window highlighted
hardstatus alwayslastline

# [hostname - cpu-load] windows... [24h clock]
hardstatus string '%{= kG}[%{m}%H - %{= r}%l%? %1`%?%{g}]%= %{= kg}%-w%{gk} %n*%t%?(%u)%? %{-}%+w %=%{g}[%{m}%c%{g}]'

# huge scrollback buffer
defscrollback 50000

# put screen scrollback into terminal
termcapinfo xterm* ti@:te@

# no welcome message
startup_message off

# 256 colors
attrcolor b ".I"
termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'
defbce on

# Change command key to ctrl+space
escape ^@a

# switch windows with ctrl+left/right (or toggle last with ctrl+space space)
bindkey "^[[1;5D" prev
bindkey "^[[1;5C" next

# layouts
layout autosave on

Originally derived from https://gist.github.com/joaopizani/2718397

Explanation of ^@a here; https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/449413/why-does-the-screenrc-key-binding-a-map-to-ctrlspace