Re: Split, change focus and create new window with a single key combination

Kevin Van Workum <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.screen.user
Message-ID <CAHom8ysg+6u0isw9uyAc3JC=cF1mscRCi0xukOUsnrEbnZ8y1w@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 1:09 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello everybody out there using screen,
>
> A frequent task in GNU screen for me ist to split an existing window, focus
> the new area and create a new window within it.
> This requires 3 key combinations:
> C-a S
> C-a TAB
> C-a c
> GNU screen is a great tool but why did the screen developers use such a
> uncomfortable way for this procedure?
> Is there a way to get the intended behaviour with one single key
> combination?
>
> Try adding this to your .screenrc:

bind E eval split focus screen

Then "C-a E" will do what you want.


> Thanks in advance,
> Julia
>
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