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 5.1 Default Key Bindings
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 As mentioned previously, each keyboard command consists of a 'C-a'
 followed by one other character.  For your convenience, all commands
 that are bound to lower-case letters are also bound to their control
 character counterparts (with the exception of 'C-a a'; see below).
 Thus, both 'C-a c' and 'C-a C-c' can be used to create a window.
 
    The following table shows the default key bindings:
 
 'C-a ''
      (select)
      Prompt for a window identifier and switch.  Selecting.
 
 'C-a "'
      (windowlist -b)
      Present a list of all windows for selection.  Selecting.
 
 'C-a 0...9, -'
      (select 0...select 9, select -)
      Switch to window number 0...9, or the blank window.  
      Selecting.
 
 'C-a <Tab>'
      (focus)
      Switch the input focus to the next region.  Regions.
 
 'C-a C-a'
      (other)
      Toggle to the window displayed previously.  If this window does no
      longer exist, 'other' has the same effect as 'next'.  
      Selecting.
 
 'C-a a'
      (meta)
      Send the command character (C-a) to window.  See 'escape' command.
      Command Character.
 
 'C-a A'
      (title)
      Allow the user to enter a title for the current window.  
      Naming Windows.
 
 'C-a b'
 'C-a C-b'
      (break)
      Send a break to the tty.  Break.
 
 'C-a B'
      (pow_break)
      Close and reopen the tty-line.  Break.
 
 'C-a c'
 'C-a C-c'
      (screen)
      Create a new window with a shell and switch to that window.  
      Screen Command.
 
 'C-a C'
      (clear)
      Clear the screen.  Clear.
 
 'C-a d'
 'C-a C-d'
      (detach)
      Detach 'screen' from this terminal.  Detach.
 
 'C-a D D'
      (pow_detach)
      Detach and logout.  Power Detach.
 
 'C-a f'
 'C-a C-f'
      (flow)
      Cycle flow among 'on', 'off' or 'auto'.  Flow.
 
 'C-a F'
      (fit)
      Resize the window to the current region size.  Fit.
 
 'C-a C-g'
      (vbell)
      Toggle visual bell mode.  Bell.
 
 'C-a h'
      (hardcopy)
      Write a hardcopy of the current window to the file "hardcopy.N".
      Hardcopy.
 
 'C-a H'
      (log)
      Toggle logging of the current window to the file "screenlog.N".
      Log.
 
 'C-a i'
 'C-a C-i'
      (info)
      Show info about the current window.  Info.
 
 'C-a k'
 'C-a C-k'
      (kill)
      Destroy the current window.  Kill.
 
 'C-a l'
 'C-a C-l'
      (redisplay)
      Fully refresh the current window.  Redisplay.
 
 'C-a L'
      (login)
      Toggle the current window's login state.  Login.
 
 'C-a m'
 'C-a C-m'
      (lastmsg)
      Repeat the last message displayed in the message line.  Last
      Message.
 
 'C-a M'
      (monitor) Toggle monitoring of the current window.  
      Monitor.
 
 'C-a <SPC>'
 'C-a n'
 'C-a C-n'
      (next)
      Switch to the next window.  Selecting.
 
 'C-a N'
      (number)
      Show the number (and title) of the current window.  Number.
 
 'C-a p'
 'C-a C-p'
 'C-a C-h'
 'C-a <BackSpace>'
      (prev)
      Switch to the previous window (opposite of 'C-a n').  
      Selecting.
 
 'C-a q'
 'C-a C-q'
      (xon)
      Send a ^Q (ASCII XON) to the current window.  XON/XOFF.
 
 'C-a Q'
      (only)
      Delete all regions but the current one.  Regions.
 
 'C-a r'
 'C-a C-r'
      (wrap)
      Toggle the current window's line-wrap setting (turn the current
      window's automatic margins on or off).  Wrap.
 
 'C-a s'
 'C-a C-s'
      (xoff)
      Send a ^S (ASCII XOFF) to the current window.  XON/XOFF.
 
 'C-a S'
      (split)
      Split the current region horizontally into two new ones.  
      Regions.
 
 'C-a t'
 'C-a C-t'
      (time)
      Show the load average and xref.  Time.
 
 'C-a v'
      (version)
      Display the version and compilation date.  Version.
 
 'C-a C-v'
      (digraph)
      Enter digraph.  Digraph.
 
 'C-a w'
 'C-a C-w'
      (windows)
      Show a list of active windows.  Windows.
 
 'C-a W'
      (width)
      Toggle between 80 and 132 columns.  Window Size.
 
 'C-a x'
 'C-a C-x'
      (lockscreen)
      Lock your terminal.  Lock.
 
 'C-a X'
      (remove)
      Kill the current region.  Regions.
 
 'C-a z'
 'C-a C-z'
      (suspend)
      Suspend 'screen'.  Suspend.
 
 'C-a Z'
      (reset)
      Reset the virtual terminal to its "power-on" values.  
      Reset.
 
 'C-a .'
      (dumptermcap)
      Write out a '.termcap' file.  Dump Termcap.
 
 'C-a ?'
      (help)
      Show key bindings.  Help.
 
 'C-a \'
      (quit)
      Kill all windows and terminate 'screen'.  Quit.
 
 'C-a :'
      (colon)
      Enter a command line.  Colon.
 
 'C-a ['
 'C-a C-['
 'C-a <ESC>'
      (copy)
      Enter copy/scrollback mode.  Copy.
 
 'C-a ]'
 'C-a C-]'
      (paste .)
      Write the contents of the paste buffer to the stdin queue of the
      current window.  Paste.
 
 'C-a {'
 'C-a }'
      (history)
      Copy and paste a previous (command) line.  History.
 
 'C-a >'
      (writebuf)
      Write the paste buffer out to the screen-exchange file.  
      Screen Exchange.
 
 'C-a <'
      (readbuf)
      Read the screen-exchange file into the paste buffer.  Screen
      Exchange.
 
 'C-a ='
      (removebuf)
      Delete the screen-exchange file.  Screen Exchange.
 
 'C-a _'
      (silence)
      Start/stop monitoring the current window for inactivity.  
      Monitor.
 
 'C-a |'
      (split -v)
      Split the current region vertically into two new ones.  
      Regions.
 
 'C-a ,'
      (license)
      Show the copyright page.  License.
 
 'C-a *'
      (displays)
      Show the listing of attached displays.  Displays.
 

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