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Re: Please help me choose a good single-keystroke escape key
From: |
Jostein Berntsen |
Subject: |
Re: Please help me choose a good single-keystroke escape key |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:46:11 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
On 20.03.11,06:54, Jason Spiro wrote:
> Hi all. I'm running GNU Screen on Cygwin on one laptop, and on Debian Linux
> on
> another. (I may switch to tmux one day, as it works much like screen but is
> newer. But I don't think Cygwin ships tmux binaries.)
>
> I want to use a single-keystroke escape key in Screen. Because I almost never
> have more than ten windows open, this will make it easier for me to view each
> open window in sequence, from 0 to 9, until I find the one I'm looking for.
>
> I've tried the backquote (`) key but I don't like it. The key's position is
> different on each of my laptops. This is confusing.
>
> Usually all my screens hold are Bash and Vim. Sometimes Emacs.
>
> What key do you suggest, and how do I select it using "screen -e"? I was
> thinking maybe F2 would be good.
>
There is some good tips in this previous thread:
http://www.mail-archive.com/address@hidden/msg02927.html
I use the space key which I find convenient.
Jostein