my .screenrc

# based off of http://wearehugh.com/public/2007/03/screenrc
# and http://diveintomark.org/archives/2007/03/15/good-easy-2007

# ~/.screenrc

# UTF-8 everywhere
defutf8 on

# disable Ctrl-S/Ctrl-Q "flow control"
defflow off

# skip intro
startup_message off

# detach on disconnect
autodetach on

# use regular audible bell
vbell off

# use backtick for prefix key instead of Ctrl-A
#escape ``

# make the shell in every window a login shell
shell -$SHELL

# connect windows to the display so programs like mplayer can find it when
# we're inside a screen in a terminal application in a graphical environment
setenv DISPLAY ':0'

# print wackier status messages
nethack on

# restore window contents after using (e.g.) vi
altscreen on

# show MPD info in status bar
backtick 1 5 5 hostname

# Set the caption on the bottom line:
# window-list <nowplaying> <mm/dd/yy> <HH:MM>am/pm
caption always "%{= kw}%-w%{= BW}%n %t%{-}%+w %-= %1` %m/%d/%y %C:%s%a"

# default windows
screen -t