GNU Screen configuration file that helps to optimize your experience

Great GNU Screen config

# GNU Screen
# Preferred Configuration File

# Turn off start up message
startup_message "off"

# Allow bold colors
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@

# Enable 256 color term
term xterm-256color

# Cache 30000 lines for scroll back
defscrollback 30000

# Setup 4 default shells to tab through (and give them silly names)
screen -t mercury
screen -t venus
screen -t earth
screen -t mars

# The default shell is the first one
select 1
select 0

# Make sure bottom status bar always stays on
hardstatus alwayslastline

# Very nice tabbed colored hardstatus line
hardstatus string '%{= Kd} %{= Kd}%-w%{= Kr}[%{= KW}%n %t%{= Kr}]%{= Kd}%+w %-= %{KG} %H%{KW}|%{KY}%101`%{KW}|%D %M %d %Y%{= Kc} %C%A%{-}'

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

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

curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/dantheman213/8df6fabb1bc6fc192c9e/raw/bfd65a3695974b94223849c516b5b58828932613/Great%2520GNU%2520Screen%2520config -o ~/.screenrc