Re: How to change status line %W output format

On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 11:25:20 +0000
"Liu, Yuanzhe" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>       The default %w will get something like "0 zsh 1 zsh ....", but I want to make it to "[0][zsh][1][zsh]....", which will take less place and much more clear for me to find the window I need.
>        Is this possible for version 4.03.01?
> 
> Regards,
> Yuanzhe
> 

Hi,

if you want instand feedback, it's currently impossible without editing source code.

You could replace AddWindows here with your own version:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/tree/src/screen.c?h=screen-v4#n2708

AddWindows definition:
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/screen.git/tree/src/process.c?h=screen-v4#n5512

Another alternative I guess is to use callbacks to print window list, but I don't have such script at hand.
You could use
screen -Q windows
and then format it into your desired format, while callback would feed it into screen.
Problem with it would be that, you wouldn't get instand feedback onto your window situation.

Amadeusz

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