Re: How to unhide 'status-bar'?

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try something like this for assigning "Alt+Shift+C" and "Alt+Shift+H" in
your config

bindkey ^[C caption always "%{= kW}%=%{= kW}%-w%{+b Yk} %n %t %{-}%+w %="
bindkey ^[H eval 'hardstatus alwayslastline' 'hardstatus string "%= nothing
here yet %="


you'll have to learns how to use the "backtick" commands and scripts to
build toggles for enable/disable of things...
I'd imagine you got a ways to go before you get there...
 took me years to learn this screen stuff, and it wasnt easy... but stick
with it, it'll be rewarding...
---------------------------------------------
an example from my config
basically the gist for building a toggle to like [ Ctrl + Alt +B ] or
"^[^B" is this, have a backtick at end of config file to kick off a script
you need to have a *%3`* in the hardstatus to see the output of backtick

caption always "%{= kW}%=%{= kW}%-w%{+b Yk} %n %t %{-}%+w %="
eval 'hardstatus alwayslastline' 'hardstatus string "%= (B)link toggle: %3`
%="

#                                                             |---default
on startup
#                                                             |

#                                                             |
|---default when no check file found
#                                                             |   |

#                                                             V   V

backtick 3 0 0 bash /root/.screenrc.d/backticks.sh bt3 $STY auto off      #
region focus blink toggle: on, off, auto


and then a "backticks.sh" to handle things


#!/bin/bash
if [ ${1} ]; then bt_func=${1}; shift; fi
if [ ${1} ]; then session=${1}; shift; fi
if [ ${1} ]; then arg1=${1}; shift; fi
if [ ${1} ]; then arg2=${1}; shift; fi

if [[ ${session} == NULL || ! ${session} ]]; then printf "NULL\n"; exit; fi

bt3 () {
    case ${arg1} in
        (auto) check_blink_toggle; if [[ ! "${arg1}" == auto ]]; then ${0}
bt3 ${session} ${arg1}; fi ;;
        (on) screen -S ${session} -X bindkey "^[^B" eval "backtick 3 0 0
bash /root/.screenrc.d/backticks.sh bt3 ${session} off"; printf "%s"
${arg1} > /tmp/blink_toggle; printf "on\\n"; ;;
        (off) screen -S ${session} -X bindkey "^[^B" eval "backtick 3 0 0
bash /root/.screenrc.d/backticks.sh bt3 ${session} on"; printf "%s" ${arg1}
> /tmp/blink_toggle; printf "off\\n"; ;;
        (*) printf "error\\n" ;;
    esac
}

check_blink_toggle () {
    if [[ -f /tmp/blink_toggle ]]; then
        arg1=$(cat /tmp/blink_toggle)
    else
        arg1=${arg2}
    fi
}

# Function Execution Statement
${bt_func} ${session} ${arg1} ${arg2}



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hope that helps...  took years for me to learn this





On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 12:11 PM Erik Falor <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 05, 2023 at 04:48:41AM +0000, [email protected] wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I was trying to figure out a way to hide/unhide the 'status bar' (not
> sure if
> > that's the term) showing the names of the windows. The one that shows up
> at the
> > bottom of the screen session by default.
> >
> > So I did `prefix : hardstatus ignore` and the status bar went away.
> >
> > But how can I get it back?
> >
> > Any idea?
>
> I believe the "status-bar" you are referring to is controlled by the
> 'caption' command.
>
> `prefix :caption splitonly` will hide it unless the screen has been
> split.
>
> `prefix :caption always` brings it back.
>
> As an aside, the manual suggests that the caption can be placed at the
> top or bottom of the screen by giving `:caption` an extra argument.
>
> When I run `prefix :caption top always`, I am greeted with this error
> message:
>
>     usage: caption always|splitonly|string <string>
>
>
> This is in Screen version 4.09.00 (GNU) 30-Jan-22.
>
> --
> Erik Falor
> Registered Linux User #445632                    http://unnovative.net
>

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=A0 took years for me to learn this=C2=A0<br><br><br><br></div><div dir=3D"=
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br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 5, 2023 at 12:11=
 PM Erik Falor &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</=
a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0p=
x 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On=
 Sun, Mar 05, 2023 at 04:48:41AM +0000, [email protected] wrote:<br>
&gt; Hi.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; I was trying to figure out a way to hide/unhide the &#39;status bar&#3=
9; (not sure if<br>
&gt; that&#39;s the term) showing the names of the windows. The one that sh=
ows up at the<br>
&gt; bottom of the screen session by default.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; So I did `prefix : hardstatus ignore` and the status bar went away.<br=
>
&gt; <br>
&gt; But how can I get it back?<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Any idea?<br>
<br>
I believe the &quot;status-bar&quot; you are referring to is controlled by =
the<br>
&#39;caption&#39; command.<br>
<br>
`prefix :caption splitonly` will hide it unless the screen has been<br>
split.<br>
<br>
`prefix :caption always` brings it back.<br>
<br>
As an aside, the manual suggests that the caption can be placed at the<br>
top or bottom of the screen by giving `:caption` an extra argument.<br>
<br>
When I run `prefix :caption top always`, I am greeted with this error<br>
message:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 usage: caption always|splitonly|string &lt;string&gt;<br>
<br>
<br>
This is in Screen version 4.09.00 (GNU) 30-Jan-22.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Erik Falor<br>
Registered Linux User #445632=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"http://unnovative.net" rel=3D"noreferre=
r" target=3D"_blank">http://unnovative.net</a><br>
</blockquote></div></div></div>

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