My rc startup file for GNU screen

.screenrc

#displays status line at bottom of screen window
hardstatus alwayslastline

#configuration of text to show in status line http://aperiodic.net/screen/man:string_escapes
hardstatus string '%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{=kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B}%Y-%m-%d %{W}%c %{g}]'

# binding the F1 - F8 keys to the first 8 screens, F11 = previous | F12 = next
bindkey -k k1 select 0
bindkey -k k2 select 1
bindkey -k k3 select 2
bindkey -k k4 select 3
bindkey -k k5 select 4
bindkey -k k6 select 5
bindkey -k k7 select 6
bindkey -k k8 select 7
bindkey -k F2 next
bindkey -k F1 prev

#this detaches the session when you close your connection instead of killing it so you can resume it later
autodetach on

#turns off startup message
startup_message off

#sets number of scrollback line buffer 
defscrollback 30000

#Default screens
#
#          name  screen # optional 
#                         command 
#                         to run
#---------|-----|--------|--------
screen -t shell0 0
screen -t shell1 1