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I like to work with screen because I can easily switch between different virtual consoles and attach them somewhere else if needed. So here is how I setup my screenrc:

vbell off                  #Don't display the wuff wuff stuff
defutf8 on                 #Turn on UTF-8 by default
shelltitle "$ |bash"       #Standard Shell title will be replaced by bash
caption always             #I never use split view but like the caption
caption string "%{= wk}%w" #Show me all opened consoles with white on black

Add this to your .bashrc to get nice console names (usually the runnig programm):

export PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -ne "\ek\e\\"'

Here are the keystokes I use very often:

Create new console:        ^A c
Get to next console:       ^A n
Go to last console:        ^A a
Go to specific console:    ^A <consolenumber>
Deattach screen:           ^A d

natech @ 28.01.2008 21:08 CEST
This post is great! been using this as a doc. Thanks.

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