Re: GNU screen 4.2.1 in xterm: hardstatus in window title disappears

Andrew Schulman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.screen.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having a problem with the hardstatus in the window title disappearing
> using screen version 4.2.1.
> 
> The only 2 lines in my ~/.screenrc are:
> 
> 
> termcapinfo xterm* 'hs:ts=\E]2;:fs=\007:ds=\E]2;screen\007'
> hardstatus string "%h [screen %n%?: %t%?]"
> 
> 
> In GNU screen version 4.0.3 that I used previously, it set the hardstatus
> to be in the window title to something like:
> 
> computer_name ~ [screen 0: bash]
> 
> However, after upgrading GNU screen to version 4.2.1, the "[screen 0:
> bash]" part of the hardstatus in the window title disappears after I hit
> enter in the terminal. The "computer_name ~" part stays there. However, the
> "[screen 0: bash]" reappears when switching windows (e.g. doing a "C-a n"),
> or creating a new window ("C-a c").

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