Re: Several queries

Hi Jostein,

Thanks for the reply.

>> 
>>  1. I am using iTerm2 on macOS, with TERM as xterm-256color in my 
>> bashrc. I am not able to use mouse-scroll. I added "termcapinfo 
>> xterm* ti@:te@“ to my .screenrc, but it doesn’t work
>> 
> 
> You can also try to put this in your .screenrc:
> 
> etenv TERM screen shell -$SHELL
> shell -bash
> activity "Activity in %t(%n)"
> 
> attrcolor b ".I"    # allow bold colors - necessary for some reason
> termcapinfo xterm 'Co#256:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:AF=\E[38;5;%dm'   # tell 
> screen how to set colors. AB = background, AF=foreground
> defbce on    # use current bg color for erased chars
> terminfo xterm* ti=:te=
> term screen

Adding the terminfo entry above term (I use term screen-256color) 
worked :)

> 
> 
>>  2. Many times when I run a long-output-generating script, suddenly
>>  some garbage output gets pasted onto my terminal even after I have
>>  CTRL-C’ed the command (either within vim or in the shell prompt
>>  itself). A CTRL-L solves the issue, though.
>> 
> 
> Does your script send some of the screen's paste commands?

No.

> 
> 
>>  3. Coming from tmux, miss the feature where I could zoom onto a 
>> tmux-pane and unzoom back after some moments. Is there I way I could 
>> expand a splitted region to occupy the whole width/height 
>> temporarily and un-expand it back so that the existing 
>> splits/regions stay back?
>> 
> 
> You can use "layout" and "resize" for this. Some good tips here:
> 
> https://superuser.com/questions/687348/how-to-persist-gnu-screen-layout-after-restart

Yes. I used Neil's and your suggestions to accomplish the same.

> 
> 
>>  4. When I close a full-region command, say vim or top, even with 
>> ‘altscreen on’, the prompt jumps to the bottom of the terminal 
>> (though altscreen is serving its purpose of clearing the screen 
>> above the prompt). Is thee a way the prompt stays back at the place 
>> from which the command started? I remember I did not see this 
>> problem on some older version of screen on a friend’s system.
>> 
> 
> Ref. to the termcap setting above.

This actually did not help. Probably it's a screen bug. Do you face 
this issue? Which screen version are you on?

> 
> 
>>  5. Is there a subreddit for gnu-screen? I couldn’t find one. I 
>> would be glad to create and manage one if you people are interested.
> 
> A new GNU screen forum at reddit would be nice. :)

Thanks. Created: reddit.com/r/gnuscreen

Regards,
Manas

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