Re: Need a way to switch to a slow new window

>I have a copy mode bind that launches elinks in a new screen window
>after selecting a URL. By default it won't switch to the new window,
>so I tried adding a 'select' command on the end, but I get an error
>back because it seems that select tries to run before the new window
>is created, so I get a message about giving a window number or name.
>
>Here's the bind:
>
>bindkey -m 'E' eval 'stuff \040' 'writebuf' 'exec sh -c "screen elinks `cat /tmp/screen-exchange`"' 'select elinks'
>
>I tried adding an idle command before the select and an 'idle 0' after
>it, but that didn't work.
>
>Any ideas on how to switch to the new window automatically?
>
>Dave

OK I found a method:

bindkey -m 'E' eval 'stuff \040' 'writebuf' 'screen -t elinks sh -c
"elinks `cat /tmp/screen-exchange`"'

Now it switches to the screen window and exits it when elinks exits.