~/.screenrc

.screenrc

# ~/.screenrc

# UTF-8 everywhere
defutf8 on

# disable Ctrl-S/Ctrl-Q "flow control"
defflow off

# skip intro
startup_message off

# detach on disconnect
autodetach on

# use regular audible bell
vbell off

# use backtick for prefix key instead of Ctrl-A
#escape ``

# make the shell in every window a login shell
shell -$SHELL

# connect windows to the display so programs like mplayer can find it when
# we're inside a screen in a terminal application in a graphical environment
setenv DISPLAY ':0'

# print wackier status messages
nethack on

# restore window contents after using (e.g.) vi
altscreen on

# show MPD info in status bar
backtick 1 5 5 hostname

#http://serverfault.com/questions/32313/putty-and-screen-and-scroll-back-buffer
termcapinfo xterm ti@:te@

# Set the caption on the bottom line:
# window-list <nowplaying> <mm/dd/yy> <HH:MM>am/pm
#caption always "%{= kw}%-w%{= BW}%n %t%{-}%+w %-= %1` %m/%d/%y %C:%s%a"
caption always "%{= kG}[ %{G}%H %{g}][%= %{=kw}%?%-Lw%?%{r}(%{W}%n*%f%t%?(%u)%?%{r})%{w}%?%+Lw%?%?%= %{g}][%{B}%Y-%m-%d %{W}%c %{g}]"
# default windows
screen -t