.screenrc

# Startup message is annoying
startup_message off

# Misc h4x to make scrollback work
terminfo * te@:ti@
termcapinfo xterm|xterms|xs|rxvt ti=\E7\E[?47l
defscrollback 1024
term screen-256color

# Bells are annoying
bell_msg ''
vbell off

# Status line of ultimate win!
hardstatus alwayslastline
# See the "STRING ESCAPES" section of the screen manpage
# I can't remember which Debian person got me started.
# A note on colours: %{abc} where a is things like d for dim, b for bold, ..
#       b is the background colour
#       c is the foreground colour
#   A . in any of those places indicates that setting should not be changed
# 1 - Blue background and white foreground
# 2 - List all windows before the current window
# 3 - Show the current window with a red background
# 4 - List the remaining windows with a blue background
# 5 - Pad to the width of the screen.  This makes the rest right justified.
# 6 - Switch to green text to show the hostname
# 7 - Switch to yellow text to show the date in ISO8601 and the time in 24 hour
#                   1     2     3     4        5    6        7
hardstatus string "%{.bW}%-w%{.rW}%n %t%{-}%+w %=%{..G} %H %{..Y} %Y-%m-%d %c"

# Disable some annoying keys that I keep hitting
bind H # no screenlog
bind h # no hardcopy