My .screenrc

.screenrc

# GNU Screen configuration file
#
# Balaji S. Srinivasan <balajis_at_stanford_dot_edu>
# This file can be found at http://jinome.stanford.edu/stat366/unix/.screenrc
# Modified to play well with emacs, by moving Ctrl-A to Ctrl-T 


# Modification of original files by Sven Guckes, Sarunas Vancevicius, and Mike Perry
# Sarunas Vancevicius original: http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~svan/configs/screenrc
# Mike Perry original:  http://fscked.org/writings/225notes/unix/.screenrc

#shell bash
###shell -$SHELL  #you can change OS X default shell to bash with the command "chsh -s bash"...
#terminfo xterm-color  #this keeps the coloring good; if the $TERM variable is not set explicitly, it is set to "screen"
	              #while apple's default is xterm-color. This messes up the color scheme significantly...

#term xterm-color  #I modified this in the /etc/bashrc file to keep syntax highlighting intact in emacs

markkeys "h=^B:l=^F:$=^E"  #this should give emacs style keybindings during copy mode movement in screen

autodetach             on              # default: on
crlf                  off             # default: off
deflogin              off             # default: on
# defsilence            off             # default: off
hardcopy_append       on              # default: off
# nethack               on              # default: off
startup_message       off             # default: on
vbell                 off             # default: ???
escape	"^Tt"  #the default of A interferes with emacs keybindings for terminal, and I never use the emacs transpose command
###nonblock on  #means that the whole window doesn't hang if an individual doesn't
#zombie cr #keep dead windows around till told to exit
#verbose on #show command for windows when they're resurrected
defutf8 on #run everything in unicode, to allow display of international characters w/o problems

# ===============================================================
# VARIABLES - Number values
# ===============================================================
  defscrollback         10000            # default: 100
# msgminwait            3               # default: 1
  silencewait           15              # default: 30

# Hardstatus line at bottom of screen
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%< "
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%< %=[%c, %D, %d/%m/%y]"
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%< %=[%c:%s, %D, %d/%m/%y]"

# "sorendition": set the colors for
# the "messages" and "text marking"
# (ie text you mark in copy mode):

sorendition "+b kG"
#sorendition 10 99 # default, blue highlighting of active, black background, white text

#sorendition 02 34  # yellow on blue
# sorendition 02 40 # green  on black
# sorendition 02 34 # yellow on blue
# sorendition    rw # red    on white
# sorendition    kG # black  on bold green

##setenv DISPLAY ''
activity              "activity in %n (%t) [%w:%s]~"
# bell:         This message *includes* a "beep" with '~'.
bell                  "bell     in %n (%t) [%w:%s]~"

#Change keybindings for convenience
bind ^Q mapdefault  #these two allow the use of a quote key (?)
bind q mapdefault 
bind k
bind ^k
bind .
bind ^\
bind \\
bind ^h
bind h
#bind esc
bind ''
bind 'L'   #don't want to use login when using screen redraw 
#make them better
#bind '\\' quit
#bind 'K' kill
bind 'I' login on
bind 'O' login off
bind '}' history
bind ^a
#bindkey "^[w" command
# Yet another hack:
# Prepend/append register [/] to the paste if ^a^] is pressed.
# This lets me have autoindent mode in vi.
#register [ "\033:se noai\015a"
#register ] "\033:se ai\015a"
#bind ^] paste [.]

# aterm bindings                                                                
bindkey "Oc" next
bindkey "Od" prev

#easy switching of windows without p/n confusion, as ctrl-p and ctrl-n are frequently used in emacs but u/j are not...
#bind '^u'
#bind '^j'
bind 'u' prev
bind ^U prev
bind 'j' next
bind ^J next

#allow use of emacs-ish keybindings to move around regions
# Using tab to move around regions gets annoying.  These help.
bind ^P focus up
bind 'p' focus up
bind ^N focus down
bind 'n' focus down
bind ^F focus top
bind 'f' focus top
bind ^B focus bottom
bind 'b' focus bottom



bindkey ^[0 select 0
bindkey ^[1 select 1
bindkey ^[2 select 2
bindkey ^[3 select 3
bindkey ^[4 select 4
bindkey ^[5 select 5
bindkey ^[6 select 6
bindkey ^[7 select 7
bindkey ^[8 select 8
bindkey ^[9 select 9





#================================================
# A bunch of hardstatus lines, Choose one that you like.
# Taken from a bunch of config files that I could find, 
# while trying to find the *perfect* hardstatus line.
#================================================

# ===============================
# Hardstatus Line and sorendition
# ===============================
# hardstatus: Always show the window list in the last line:
# hardstatus alwayslastline "%w"
#
# This will show the current time and today's date in YYmmdd, too:
#hardstatus alwayslastline " %c | %Y%m%d |  %w"
#
# Same as the previous - but with COLOR! :-)
# hardstatus alwayslastline "\033[m\033[42;30m %m%d \033[m \033[42;30m%c\033[m \033[42;30m %w \033[m"
# hardstatus alwayslastline " %m%d \033[42;30m%c\033[m \033[42;30m %w \033[m"
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%<"
#hardstatus lastline "[%D, %d/%m/%y %C %a]  %-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%<"
#hardstatus alwayslastline "[%D,%c]  %-Lw%{= RW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%<"

#caption always "%{= kc}%?%-Lw%?%{= kY}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{= kc}%?%+Lw%?"
#caption always '%{= wb}%50=%n%f %t%{= wb}'
#caption always '%{= wb}%50=%n%f %t%{= wb}'
#caption always "%-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%<"
#hardstatus alwayslastline " %m%d %c \033[42;30m %w \033[m"

#caption always "%>%{wk}%?%-Lw%?%{bw}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{wk}%?%+Lw%?%<"

#[20:58:40]
#hardstatus alwayslastline "[%c:%s, %D, %d/%m/%y] %w"
#hardstatus alwayslastline "[%c:%s, %D, %d/%m/%y] %-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%<"
#hardstatus alwayslastline "[%D, %d/%m/%y %C %a]  %-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%<"
# caption always "%{kG}%?%-Lw%?%{bw}%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%{kG}%?%+Lw%?"
# caption always "%{=}%{+b kR}%H %{+b kY}%M %d %{+b kG}%2c %{+b kB}%?%-Lw%?%{+b kW}%n*%f %kt%?(%u)%?%{+bkB}%?%+Lw%? | %{kR} Load: %l %{kB}"

# hardstatus alwayslastline "%H %w"
# example by Adam Spiers <gnu-screen@adamspiers.org> :
# *without* colors:
# hardstatus alwayslastline "%?%-Lw%?%n*%f %t%?(%u)%?%?%+Lw%?"
# *with* colors:
#
# This will show the current time and today's date in YYmmdd, too:
# hardstatus alwayslastline " %c | %Y%m%d |  %w"
#
# This will show today's date in mmdd and the current time, too:
# hardstatus alwayslastline " %m%d %c |  %w"
#
# hardstatus alwayslastline " [ %H ] %{wb} %c:%s | %d.%m.%Y %{wr} Load: %l %{wb} %w "
# hardstatus alwayslastline " %H %{wb} %c:%s | %d.%m.%Y %{wr} Load: %l %{wk} %w "
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%{bw}%1`%= %{+b ky}| %c:%s |%{+b rw} ip: %2` | vpn: %3`"
#                                  |                          |          |
#                                  heise (script in ~/bin/)   |          ipadr_vpn (script in ~/bin/)
#                                                             |
#                                                             ipadr (script in ~/bin/)
#
# note: the use of ANSI color sequences is deprecated.
#       please upgrade to (at least) screen 3.9.13
#       so you can make use of the color letters/names!

#From: www.zsh.org/mla/workers/2000/msg03990.html
#hardstatus off
#hardstatus string "%H - %n:%t%? - %h%?"
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%H - %n:%t%? - %h%?"
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%n:%h%?"  #this is window number, login@hostname, and current directory
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%w%n:%h%?"  #this is window number, login@hostname, and current directory
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%<"
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %h%?%{-}%+Lw%<"

#termcapinfo xterm*|rxvt*|kterm*|Eterm* hs:ts=\E]0;:fs=\007:ds=\E]0;\007
#caption always "%?%F%{-b bc}%:%{-b bb}%?%C|%D|%M %d|%H%?%F%{+u wb}%? %L=%-Lw%45>%{+b by}%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%-0<"
#hardstatus alwayslastline "%= %-Lw *%n%h %t %+Lw %="
hardstatus alwayslastline "%-Lw%{= BW}%50>%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%< "

#Window numbering starts at 1, not 0
#bind c screen 1
#bind 0 select 10

# caption description:
# caption always "%?%F%{-b bc}%:%{-b bb}%?%C|%D|%M %d|%H%?%F%{+u wb}%? %L=%-Lw%45>%{+b by}%n%f* %t%{-}%+Lw%-0<"
# 
# Anything I don't describe is treated literally.
# 
# %?          - Start of a conditional statement.
#  %F         - Use this part of the statement if the window has focus (i.e. it
#               is the only window or the currently active one).
#  %{-b bc}   - Turn off bold, blue foreground, cyan background.
# %:          - else
#  %{-b bb}   - Turn off bold, blue foreground, blue background (this obscures
#               the text on non-focused windows and just gives a blue line).
# %?          - End conditional statement.
#  %C         - time (hh:mm, leading space) in 12 hour format
#  %D         - Three-letter day-of-week appreviation
#  %M         - Three-letter month appreviation
#  %d         - Day of the month
#  %H         - hostname
#  %?         - Start of conditional statement.
#   %F        - Use this part of the statement if the window has focus.
#   %{+u wb}  - underlined, white foreground, blue background
#  %?         - End conditional (if not focused, text remaind blue on blue).
#    %L=      - truncation/padding point.  With the 'L' qualifier, basically
#               just acts as a reference point.  Further truncation/padding is
#               done relative to here, not the beginning of the string
#    %-Lw     - window list up to but not including the current window (-),
#               show window flags (L)
#    %45>     - truncation/padding marker; place this point about 45% of the
#               way into the display area (45)
#    %{+b by} - add bold (still underlined from before), blue foreground,
#               yellow background
#      %n     - number of the current window
#      %f     - flags for current window
#      %t     - title of current window
#    %{-}     - undo last color change (so now we're back to underlined white
#               on blue)  (technically, this is a pop; a second invocation
#               would drop things back to unadorned blue on cyan)
#    %+Lw     - window list from the next window on (-), show window flags (L)
#    %-0<     - truncation/padding point.  Place this point zero spaces (0)
#               from the right margin (-).