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Subject: Re: [ONTOPIC] Screen 5.x and hardstatus lines
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On 2026-10-30 02:25, Nuno Silva wrote:
> On 2026-10-29, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> On 2026-10-29 17:25, jayjwa wrote:
>>> First, my apologies for posting about Linux in comp.os.linux.misc, but I
>>> need a senior GNU Screen 5.x .screenrc config file programmer to sort
>>> this mess out. When Screen 4.x jumped to Screen 5.x, it broke hardstatus
>>> strings and I've not gotten them to work correctly since. Last night I
>>> spent 60 minutes on this without results. We all love breaking config
>>> file changes, don't we?
>>
>> Just posting so that you know that people read your post, even if we
>> are engrossed in OT posts, but I'm not qualified to answer it. Sorry.
>>
>> Not familiar with Screen; I use Tmux myself, but I don't touch the
>> status line.
> 
> (I was a bit confused as I expected this to be about a "hard" status
> line, but seems to be a repurposing of the hard status line for
> graphical terminal emulators?)
> 

Google AI: The screen command in Linux is a terminal multiplexer that 
allows you to start a terminal session and then completely detach from 
it. This leaves your processes running in the background, making it an 
invaluable tool for executing long-running tasks over SSH without 
worrying about network drops or accidental disconnections.

Ie, similar to tmux. I gather you can customize the status line.

-- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E.R.
        ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺.