> BTW, when using screen, ctrl-a is its default action key
This ends up annoying me on a regular basis. Let's say I want to make a directory and then go to it. I would type:
mkdir foo<Ctrl-p><Ctrl-a><Alt-d>cd<Enter>
Except when using screen, <Ctrl-a><Alt-d> (really just <Ctrl-a>d) detaches the session. It's solved easily enough ("screen -r"), but it always yanks me out of my groove.
I prefer to bind it to ` with `` to send a real `. It makes it really easy to flip back and forth between two screen windows since last-window is now:
`q
Now I don't even have to use Ctrl. This takes a little getting used to, but I prefer to use $() instead of `` for shell scripts (I use bash/zsh) so I don't make use of ` that often.
I do have bindings on F11 and F12 to toggle the escape character between ` and C-o. (Just in case I need to paste something into a terminal with ` characters.)
(Note: This whole setup is ripped off from some StackOverflow or HN post.)
This ends up annoying me on a regular basis. Let's say I want to make a directory and then go to it. I would type:
Except when using screen, <Ctrl-a><Alt-d> (really just <Ctrl-a>d) detaches the session. It's solved easily enough ("screen -r"), but it always yanks me out of my groove.