screen: Hardware Status Line
17.2 Hardware Status Line
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-- Command: hardstatus [state]
-- Command: hardstatus
['always']'firstline'|'lastline'|'message'|'ignore' [string]
-- Command: hardstatus 'string' [string]
(none)
This command configures the use and emulation of the terminal's
hardstatus line. The first form toggles whether 'screen' will use
the hardware status line to display messages. If the flag is set
to 'off', these messages are overlaid in reverse video mode at the
display line. The default setting is 'on'.
The second form tells screen what to do if the terminal doesn't
have a hardstatus line (i.e. the termcap/terminfo capabilities
"hs", "ts", "fs" and "ds" are not set). If the type
'firstline'/'lastline' is used, screen will reserve the first/last
line of the display for the hardstatus. 'message' uses 'screen''s
message mechanism and 'ignore' tells 'screen' never to display the
hardstatus. If you prepend the word 'always' to the type (e.g.,
'alwayslastline'), 'screen' will use the type even if the terminal
supports a hardstatus line.
The third form specifies the contents of the hardstatus line. '%h'
is used as default string, i.e., the stored hardstatus of the
current window (settable via 'ESC]0;^G' or 'ESC_\\') is displayed.
You can customize this to any string you like including string
escapes (
String Escapes). If you leave out the argument
STRING, the current string is displayed.
You can mix the second and third form by providing the string as
additional argument.
Info Catalog
screen: Privacy Message
screen: Message Line
screen: Last Message